Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar is the former Member of Legislative Assembly from Maharashtra in the

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during 1995–1999. He joined

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on 2 October 2009. Prior to joining Congress he Contested Latur seat from the

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(BJP).

Political career

Kavhekar, who defeated

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in the 1995 Assembly polls from

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. Kavhekar, who as a

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candidate defeated

by over 30,000 votes. Later in 1999 he joined hands with

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and tried his hand in the Assembly polls. Kavhekar quit

and joined BJP. On 2 October 2009, he joined

party at Tilak Bhavan in the presence of

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and withdrew his nominations from Latur City and Latur Rural Assembly seats. Recently in 2019 he again joined BJP.

References

External links

* http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_vilasrao-s-political-heir-in-battle-for-latur_1293980 * http://wikimapia.org/528701/Mr-Shivajirao-Patil-Kawhekar-s-Home * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vilasraos-political-heir-in-battle-for-latur/523253/ * http://www.sakaaltimes.com/2009/09/30130859/Vilasraos-political-heir-in-b.html * http://www.ptinews.com/news/304183_Deshmukh-woos-Kavhekar-to-join-Congress * http://www.rediff.com/rediffsearch/Shivajirao%20Patil%20Kavhekar * http://www.zeenews.com/news566860.html * http://www.siasat.com/english/news/deshmukh-woos-kavhekar-join-congress * http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090928/1416/tnl-deshmukh-woos-kavhekar-to-join-congr.html * http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_vilasrao-s-political-heir-in-battle-for-latur_1293980 * http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04oct16/national.htm * http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?660493 People from Latur Indian National Congress politicians Marathi politicians Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Living people Politicians from Marathwada Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Janata Dal politicians Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub