Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar (born 1 October 1982) is an
Indian politician
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. He is a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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. He is a member of
Maharashtra Legislative Council. He got elected to the Legislative Council by MLA's (unopposed) on 14 May 2020.
Previously he was with the
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, he started his political career with the
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha.
He rejoined BJP before the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Elections. He is also a film maker and an actor.
He is BJP spokperson and a firebrand leader.
Padalkar is his sir name
Early life
He was born to Kundlik and Hirabai Padalkar of Padalkarwadi,
Sangli district. His father Kundlik Padalkar was a primary teacher.
Gopichand Padalkar belongs to Tribal Dhangar community from Maharashtra,
He is a
Higher Secondary School graduate.
Career
He started his political career with the
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha of
Mahadev Jankar.
He has unsuccessfully contested elections for
District council once,
Vidhan Sabha
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thrice and
Lok Sabha
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once, before his election to the
Maharashtra Legislative Council.
In 2014 he joined
Bhartiya Janata Party
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and contested 2014 assembly election from
Atpadi-Khanapur constituency, subsequently he left the party and he joined
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi contesting
Sangali Lok Sabha seat in the summer of 2019. As a losing candidate he gave a tough fight securing over three lakh votes,
after his loss he rejoined BJP in October 2019 and contested Vidhan Sabha elections from
Baramati
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against
Ajit Pawar
Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: d͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra along with Eknath Shinde under Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024. He is t ...
.
He got elected to the Legislative Council by MLA's (unopposed) on 14 May 2020, along with 9 others.
Positions Held
* Member of
Maharashtra Legislative Council 14 May 2020.
* Spokesperson of BJP,Maharashtra
References
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1982 births
Marathi people
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
People from Sangli district
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha politicians
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi politicians
Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029