From former Congress family to BJP’s choice: Atul Bhosale is an emerging face in Western Maharashtra

Association with BJP

Bhosale archetypal contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections arsenic a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) campaigner successful 2009 from Karad North but lost. Working hard to marque his introduction into the Maharashtra Assembly, Bhosale past joined the Congress enactment to contention the authorities polls successful 2014. However, helium joined the BJP arsenic helium did not person a accidental of getting a summons from the Congress party, and took connected Chavan successful the authorities polls that year. In the adjacent Maharashtra Assembly elections, Bhosale mislaid again to Chavan.

In the Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024, Bhosale succeeded, helping the BJP drawback the Karad South spot for the archetypal time. While Bhosale secured 1,39,505 votes, Chavan, 78, managed 1,00,150 votes.

Fadnavis’s choice

Considered adjacent to Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Bhosale, 41, was selected by Fadnavis to marque inroads successful Western Maharashtra. While the BJP did negociate to induct established leaders of the NCP into the enactment and won the Lok Sabha and Assembly seats, it wanted to make its basal successful the portion and Bhosale was selected for the task.

Even though Bhosale doubly failed to triumph connected a BJP ticket, the BJP strengthened his presumption truthful that helium could grow the party’s basal successful the region. He was made the chairperson of Vitthal Rukmini Mandir Samiti of Pandharpur which controls the fashionable pilgrimage successful the state. He was made the nominated subordinate of the District Planning Committee of Satara and authorities BJP secretary.

Cooperative and acquisition sectors

The recently elected BJP legislator comes from a household that besides has a stronghold successful the cooperative sector. His gramps Jaywant Bhosale was a well-known cooperative baron who contributed to the maturation of cooperatives successful the district. The household controls the renowned Krishna Sugar Cooperative factory, Jaywant Sugars Limited, Krishna Cooperative Bank, and a fewer different cooperatives.

His household besides owns respective acquisition institutes including engineering and aesculapian colleges. Jaywant Bhosale founded the Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth, which is simply a deemed university, and his begetter Suresh Bhosale is the chancellor of the varsity that runs a backstage aesculapian assemblage with a 1,125-bed modern infirmary successful Karad.