The Honorable
Roshi Sudarshan Bhadain
रोशी भदैन
MP[1] GCSK [2]
Minister of Financial Services, Good Governance and Institutional Reforms
In office
22 December 2014 – 23 January 2017
PresidentAmeenah Gurib
Prime MinisterSir Anerood Jugnauth
Member of Parliament (MP)
In office
22 December 2014 – 16 June 2017
PresidentAmeenah Gurib
Prime MinisterSir Anerood Jugnauth
Pravind Jugnauth
Leader of Reform Party
Assumed office
23 January 2017
Personal details
Born (1971-04-25) 25 April 1971
Mauritius
Political partyReform Party[3] (present)
ChildrenRishon Bhadain , Rishna Bhadain
Alma materFellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) (UK)
OccupationLawyer
Accountant
Investigator
Politician
AwardsGrand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2016)

(Roshi) Sudarshan Bhadain[1] (GCSK) (born 25 April 1971) is a Mauritian politician

Education and Professional career

Roshi Bhadain completed his secondary education at Royal College Curepipe before studying law at University of West Bristol. He also studied Accountancy before working for KPMG in England. On his return to Mauritius he worked at the Economic Crime Office (ECO) which was restructured into the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Mauritius) (ICAC). He has practised as a Barrister-at-Law in Mauritius and a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant since 2002 in the areas of fraud, financial crime, corruption and money laundering.[4]

Political career

At the 10 December 2014 National Assembly elections Roshi Bhadain was elected as a candidate of Alliance Lepep (MSM-PMSD-ML) in Constituency No. 18 (Belle Rose-Quatre Bornes).[5] He was the Minister of Financial Services, Good Governance and Institutional Reforms[6] under the government of Militant Socialist Movement. On 23 January 2017 he resigned from the MSM-ML government as he disagreed with the undue influence of vested interests on the government led by Pravind Jugnauth, following the unexpected resignation of elected Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth.

After the 2014 elections, Roshi Bhadain, then holding a ministerial position, addressed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a constitutional position, on public media[7] while at the same time defending a prosecution commission bill. Had this prosecution commission bill been enacted into a law, the administration would have gained more power over the DPP, which would have greatly impacted the democracy of Mauritius island. In order to save the latter, a political party resigned from the government by the end of 2016, thus weakening the voting power of the bill at the National Assembly.

Roshi Bhadain became a back-bencher before resigning from Parliament on 16 June 2017 to highlight his opposition against the safety and financial aspects of the Metro Express project.[8][9] His resignation triggered by-elections in Constituency No. 18 but he was not re-elected when by-elections were held on 17 December 2017. Since 2017 Roshi Bhadain is the leader of the Reform Party (Mauritius), which he founded after leaving Mouvement Socialiste Mauricien (MSM).[10][11]

Award and Decoration

References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "À LA STATE HOUSE : La médaille de GCSK remise au ministre Roshi Bhadain".
  3. ↑ Bastien, Estelle (27 January 2017). "Roshi Bhadain lance son parti politique, The Reform Party". Lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Roshi Bhadain : un homme propulsé rapidement au-devant de la scène". Le Défi. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Results of 2014 National Assembly Elections" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. ↑ (http://www.hydrant.co.uk), Site designed and built by Hydrant (5 February 2016). "Mauritius good governance law can inspire Commonwealth countries | The Commonwealth". thecommonwealth.org.
  7. ↑ "Bhadain qualifie le DPP de monstre".
  8. ↑ "Démission comme ministre: quand Roshi Bhadain se souvient…". L'Express. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Roshi Bhadain : les raisons d'une démission annoncée". Defimedia. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Results of 2017 By-Elections No. 18" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Roshi Bhadain lance le Reform Party | Le Mauricien". www.lemauricien.com (in French).
  12. ↑ "Décorés de la République : Roshi Bhadain et Nando Bodha reçoivent la plus haute distinction". Le Defi Media Group (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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