Gopichand Padalkar

Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar (Marathi: गोपीचंद पडळकर) (born 1982) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. He got elected to the Legislative Council by MLA's (unopposed) on 14 May 2020, along with 9 others.[1] previously he was in Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, he joined BJP before 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Elections.[2]

Gopichand Padalkar
गोपीचंद पडळकर
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council[1]
Assumed office
14 May 2020
Personal details
Born
Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar

1982
Pimpri, Atpadi, Sangli, Maharashtra
Nationality Indian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ParentsKundalik Baba Padalkar (father)
Alma materHSC Kasturba Walchand College, Sangli

Political career

Padalkar belongs to Dhangar community from Maharashtra, he unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha Elections from Sangli in 2019 on Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi ticket, later he joined BJP and contested Vidhan Sabha elections from Baramati against Ajit Pawar, he got defeated by Pawar with huge margin of 1,60,000, In 2020 along with 9 others he got elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council by BJP.[3]

Positions Held

References
  1. "Finally, Uddhav Thackeray elected Maharashtra MLC". Outlook. 14 May 2020.
  2. "Maharashtra MLC election 2020: BJP candidate list out for May 21 polls, 4 contenders named". Financial Express.
  3. "Ajit Pawar wins in Baramati with more than 1.5 lakh margin". Business Insider. 24 October 2019.
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