Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from

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district in

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state. He is a Member of Parliament in the

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from

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as a candidate of the

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. He was elected to the 16-th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) from

as an NCP candidate.

Political career

In 2004, Mahadik had contested the Lok Sabha election as a candidate of

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from

against NCP's

Sadashivrao Mandlik Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik (7 October 1934 – 10 March 2015) was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India from Kolhapur. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) political party. He served as a member of the 12th Lok Sabha, ...

but lost. After that he parted ways with Shiv Sena and joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). But NCP did not consider him as the party's candidate for the

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. He then unsuccessfully contested the election as an Independent candidate. He entered Lok Sabha as member of NCP in 2014. On 10 January 2017, Mahadik, along with NCP MLA

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, former NCP MP

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, Kolhapur mayor Hasina Faras, and 400 others were arrested for blocking traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway as part of a protest against the effects of demonetization. He received Sansad Ratna Award for his outstanding performance in 2017 and 2018. After representing Kolhapur in Lok Sabha (2014-2019) he unsuccessfully contested from the same seat in 2019 elections. He lost 2019 Loksabha election against Shivsena leader Sanjay Mandalik. In September 2019 he along with his

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colleagues joined

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. In 2022, he became a Rajyasabha Member from Kolhapur Constituency, Maharashtra

References

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