Anil Babar

Biography Anil Babar (popularly known as Anilrao Babar) was born in an agricultural family, at village Gardi, Taluka Khanapur. Entering politics at an early age, he was elected as a Sarpanch of village Gardi, Taluka Khanapur, at the age of 19. He has been an MLA four times in 1990, 1999, 2014, and 2019. He worked for NCP for 15 years with Sharad Pawar. Then in 2014, Anil Babar decided to join Shiv Sena. Anil Babar's name was discussed for the ministerial position during the 2019 Mahavikas Aghadi government but at that time, he was rejected by the ministry. He was known as a close and trusted associate of Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde after he supported Shinde during the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis.

Political career Year Office 1972 Elected as member of Sangli Zilla Parishad 1981 Speaker of building department of Sangli Zilla Parishad 1982–1990 Speaker of Khanapur Panchayat samiti 1990 Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1991 Chairman Yashwant Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Khanapur 1999 Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2001 Director of Sangli Zilla Madhawarti Sahakari Bank Ltd. Sangli 1999–2008 Chairman, National Heavy Engineering Co-Op Ltd. Pune 2014 Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2019 Re-Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly