Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar

Indian politician

Prataprao Chikhalikar Patil

Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Preceded by	Ashok Chavan
Constituency	Nanded
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office (2004-2009), (2014 – 2019)
Constituency	Loha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Personal details
Born	2 August 1960
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-present)
Other political affiliations	Congress(I), Lok Bharati, NCP, Shiv Sena
Children	Pravin Chikhalikar, Pranita Chikhalikar-Deore
Occupation	Politician

Pratap Govindrao Chikhalikar Patil (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, joins Lok Bharati Political outfit during municipality elections there, contesting elections against the Indian National Congress.^[2] In 2012 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party & in August 2014, Chikhalikar joined the Shiv Sena.^[4]^[5]

Positions held

1999: Unsuccessfully contested Loha Vidhansabha on Congress ticket
2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2014: Re-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

References

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