Shivaji Bhanudas Kardile was a two times Member of Legislative Assembly of Rahuri Maharashtra. He was elected in 2009 and in 2014 after receiving a ticket from the Bhartiya Janta Party. [1] He has been elected from the Rahuri constituency and owned a dairy business before he joined politics. [2] In 2018, Kardile was arrested by Ahmednagar police in connection to the killings of Shivsena leader Sanjay Kotkar and Vasant Thube. [3] [4]
Kardile studied secondary school and left education after that. [5]
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