Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar

Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byShyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde
ConstituencyLoha
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byShankarrao (Shankar Anna) Ganeshrao Dhondge
Succeeded byShyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde
ConstituencyLoha
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byChavan Rohidas Khobraji
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencyKandhar, Nanded
Member of Parliament in [[Lok Sab ha]]
In office
2019–2024
Preceded byAshok Chavan
Succeeded byVasantrao Balwantrao Chavan
ConstituencyNanded
Personal details
Born2 August 1960
Political partyNationalist Congress Party (Oct 2024-Present)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-2024) Congress(I), Lok Bharati, NCP, Shiv Sena
ChildrenDr Pramod Chikhalikar ,Pravin Chikhalikar, Pranita Chikhalikar-Deore,
OccupationPolitician

Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar (born 2 August 1960) is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Nanded district. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Loha Assembly Constituency.[1]

Career

Chikhalikar has been described as close to Shankarrao Chavan, but later has become an opponent of his son Ashok Chavan becoming a close junior associate of former Maharashtra Chief Minister the late Vilasrao Deshmukh. He won assembly elections in 2004.[2][3] In 2007, Chikhalikar, joined Lok Bharati political outfit during municipality elections there, contesting elections against the Indian National Congress.[2] In 2012 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party and in August 2014, Chikhalikar joined the Shiv Sena.[4][5] In 2024 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar to get a ticket from loha kandhar Assembly Constituency.

Positions held

  • 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kandhar Vidhansabha as Independent
  • 2009: Unsuccessfully contested Loha Vidhansabha on Congress ticket
  • 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shivsena Party
  • 2015: Elected as Director of Nanded District Central Co-operative Bank[6]
  • 2019: MP- Nanded loksabha Constituency
  • 2024: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from

Nationalist Congress Party

References

  1. ^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Nanded civic poll verdict upsets CM". Mumbai Mirror. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ^ Ananth, Venkat (2 October 2014). "The curious case of independents in Maharashtra politics". Live Mint. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  4. ^ Ekbote, Vinayak (20 August 2014). "चिखलीकरांनी उचलले शिवसेनेचे 'धनुष्य', मतदारसंघावर पुन्हा पकड मिळवण्यासाठी डावपेच". Divya Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Amit Shah's intervention preventing influx into BJP?". The Free Press Journal. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  6. ^ "जिल्हा बँक निवडणूक: प्रत्येक जिल्हा, प्रत्येक निकाल".