Manohar Chandrikapure Explained

Manohar Chandrikapure
Office:Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Term Start:26 November 2019
Constituency:Arjuni-Morgaon
Predecessor:Rajkumar Badole
Birth Name:Manohar Gowardhan Chandrikapure
Nationality:Indian
Party:Prahar Janshakti Party (2024-present)
Otherparty:Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) (2023-2024)
Residence:Bamhani, Sadak Arjuni, Gondia district, Maharashtra
Alma Mater:College of Agriculture, Nagpur (BSc)

Manohar Gowardhan Chandrikapure is an Indian politician and a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from the Arjuni-Morgaon constituency in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate. He joined Prahar Janshakti Party in October 2024.

Early life

Chandrikapure was born to Govardhan Chandrikapure and hails from the village of Bamhani of Sadak Arjuni taluka in Gondia district of Maharashtra. He studied Higher Secondary in 1971-72 under HSC Board, Nagpur from Adarsh College, Amgaon.[1] He is a Bachelor of Science which he completed from College of Agriculture, Nagpur in March 1975.[2]

Political career

In 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Chandrikapure won from Arjuni-Morgaon seat as a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate, defeating two-time winner Rajkumar Badole of BJP.[3]

In October 2024, Chandrikapure joined Prahar Janshakti Party after being denied nomination for the upcoming legislative assembly election in November despite being a sitting MLA. The Nationalist Congress Party leadership had nominated his rival Rajkumar Badole instead.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chandrikapure Manohar Gowardhan(Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)):Constituency- Arjuni Morgaon (SC) (Gondiya) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . myneta.info . 25 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Manohar Chandrikapure - Profile . MyNeta . 25 October 2019.
  3. News: Arjuni-Morgaon Election Results 2019 Live Updates (अर्जुनी मोरगाव): Chandrikapure Manohar Gowardhan of NCP Wins . News18 . 24 October 2019 . 25 October 2019.
  4. News: ठाकरे . राजेश्वर . October 24, 2024 . अजित पवारांच्या नाराज आमदाराची प्रथम काँग्रेसकडे धाव, नंतर प्रहारमध्ये प्रवेश, महायुतीमध्ये बंडाचा झेंडा . Loksatta . mr . October 24, 2024.