Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar

Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar is the former Member of Legislative Assembly from Maharashtra in the Government of Maharashtra during 1995–1999. He recently joined Indian National Congress on 2 October 2009. Prior to joining Congress he Contested Latur seat from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
1995–1999
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byVilasrao Deshmukh
ConstituencyLatur
Personal details
BornKavha, Latur, Maharashtra, India
CitizenshipIndian
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations		Janata Dal
Nationalist Congress Party
ChildrenAjit Patil (son)
ResidenceLatur, Maharashtra, India
OccupationPolitician

Political career

Kavhekar, who defeated Vilasrao Deshmukh in the 1995 Assembly polls from Latur.[1] Kavhekar, who as a Janata Dal candidate defeated Vilasrao Deshmukh by over 30,000 votes. Later in 1999 he joined hands with Nationalist Congress Party and tried his hand in the Assembly polls.

Kavhekar quit Nationalist Congress Party and joined BJP. On 2 October 2009, he joined Indian National Congress party at Tilak Bhavan in the presence of Manikrao Thakre and withdrew his nominations from Latur City and Latur Rural Assembly seats.

References
  1. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf page=11


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