Madhavrao Kinhalkar is a former Minister in Sharad Pawar Government. He is a member of the

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after resignation from

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Career

He served as a Congress

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of Bhokar Constituency from 1991 through 1999. He served as Minister of State for Home Affairs, Revenue and Co-operation in the

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government from 1991 to 1995 headed by Sharad Pawar. He was a

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leader, but in 2014 he joined the

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. In 2014, he contested from Bhokar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as BJP Candidate against Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan unsuccessfully with securing 53,224 votes as running candidates.

Litigation surrounding paid news

Kinhalkar is the main litigant in the Ashok Chavan Paid News case of 2009 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. He Independently contested against him in the 2009 assembly poll from Bhokar Assembly Constituency.

References

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