Prataprao Chikhalikar | |
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Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2024 | |
Preceded by | Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde |
Constituency | Loha |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Preceded by | Shankarrao (Shankar Anna) Ganeshrao Dhondge |
Succeeded by | Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde |
Constituency | Loha |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Preceded by | Chavan Rohidas Khobraji |
Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
Constituency | Kandhar,Nanded |
Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha | |
In office 2019–2024 | |
Preceded by | Ashok Chavan |
Succeeded by | Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan |
Constituency | Nanded |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 August 1960 |
Political party | Nationalist Congress Party (Oct. 2024-Present) |
Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (2019-2024),NCP,Shiv Sena,Lok Bharati,Congress(I). |
Children | Dr Pramod Chikhalikar,Pravin,Pranita Chikhalikar-Deore, |
Occupation | Politician |
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]
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.