Vivekanand Shankar Patil is a politician of the

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, and the founder of the Karnala Sports Academy. Patil represented the

Panvel Panvel () is a city and taluka in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal C ...

constituency in the

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for three terms. Since Panvel was divided, he has represented the

Uran Uran is a coastal town in Raigad District's Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It lies to the east of Mumbai across the Dharamtar Creek. Uran is primarily a fishing and agriculture village, which has developed into the spec ...

constituency. He ran in the 2014

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elections in Uran but received only 55,320 votes, losing to

Manohar Bhoir Manohar Bhoir is a Shiv Sena politician from Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Uran Assembly Constituency. Career From 2014-2019 he worked as an ...

of the

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party. After the election, he threatened to file a public interest lawsuit against a rival politician,

Prashant Thakur Prashant Thakur is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life Thakur was born in Panvel on 5 August 1974, son of Ramsheth Changu Thakur and Shakuntala Thakur. Ramsheth Thakur is a form ...

. He has been found guilty of money laundering and arrest order is issued to arrest him by Enforcement Directorate of Government of India on 15 June 2021.

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* http://vivekpatil.in * http://www.shekappmc.org/ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Peasants and Workers Party of India politicians {{Maharashtra-politician-stub