Rahul Uttamrao Dhikale is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

. In 2019 & 2024, he was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Nashik East Constituency in

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

Early life and family

Rahul Dhikale was born on 14 August 1979. His father late

Uttamrao Dhikale Uttamrao Nathuji Dhikale (10 February 1940 – 7 April 2015) was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nashik constituency of Maharashtra from Shivsena. He later joined Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and was a member of Mah ...

was a member of 13th Loksabha of India from Nashik Constituency. His education is Bachelor in Law(LLB) from N.B.T. Law College Nashik. At the age of twelve, Rahul Dhikale trained in wrestling and participated in Maharashtra Hind Kesari competitions. In the year of 1995, Rahul Dhikale won Nashik's Mayor Kesari Competition.

Political career

Rahul Dhikale was elected as Councilor in Nashik Municipal Corporation (2012-2017). In 2014-2015 he was Chairman of Standing Committee in Nashik Municipal Corporation. In 2019, Rahul Dhikale won election of Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra from Nashik East Assembly Constituency and has been re-elected as an MLA for the second time in a row in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Awards

* Winner of Nashik's Mayor Kesari - 1995

References

{{Reflist Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024 Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029 1979 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Living people People from Nashik district