Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Kopargaon
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1972-75 Chief, Jan Sangh (Youth), Aghadi 1989-1991 President, R.S.S. 1993-till date Vice-President, B.J.P., Ahmed Nagar 1996-till date Executive Member, B.J.P., Maharashtra 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Social and Cultural Activities : Singer; keen interest in singing devotional songs, composed songs for farmers, started many programmes for farmers, students, women and for community; delivered lectures on the occasion of Shiv Jayanti, Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Swami Vivekanand Jayanti and for de-addiction in the society
Special Interests : Sports, Social Justice, Agriculture, advocate and organising events
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Singer, orator, organiser and dramas
Sports and Clubs : Wrestling, kho-kho, kabaddi, table tennis, badminton, athletics, volley-ball, shotput and javeline throw; wrestling champion, kho-kho and kabaddi player, Pune Vidyapeeth 1974
Other Information : Spent three years and nine months in jail for staging satyagraha; participated in 'Rasta Roko' and went to jail several times for students and farmers (cane, onion growers) during Emergency and sent to Nasik Central Jail during 1975-77; started agitation for reducing the prices of agricultural products; President, Kopergaon bar Association; Member, Maharashtra State Agriculture Research Mahamandal; Member, R.S.S., 1968; Founder, Patil Pawan Sangathan, Law College, Pune, 1973-74, I.C.S.R.; Founder and Founder President, Raja Shiv Chhampani Sangathan, Kopergaon 1978-80; held various posts in Setkari Sangathan, staged satyagraha, several times and sent to jail during 1980-86; President (i) Kopergaon Sunka Kakar, 1989 till today, (ii) Kopergaon Bar Association, 1995-96, and (iii) Agriculture Research Mandal, Maharashtra, 1996 onwards
Election Result : Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 9,24,596 Total votes polled 5,20,793 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1)Shri Bhimrao Vishnuji Badade (B.J.P.) 2,43,543 (2)Shri Shankarrao Devram Kale (I.N.C.) 2,23,292 (3)Shri Mohanrao Abasaheb Gade (J.D.) 18,203 (4)Shri Ashok Fakira Chavan (S.M.P.) 6,943
