Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar

Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar Patil (born 2 August 1960) is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Nanded district. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Loha Assembly Constituency.

Career Chikhalikar has been described as being close to Shankarrao Chavan but has later become an opponent of his son Ashok Chavan, becoming a close junior associate of former Maharashtra Chief Minister the late Vilasrao Deshmukh. He won assembly elections in 2004. In 2007, Chikhalikar, joined Lok Bharati political outfit during municipality elections there, contesting elections against the Indian National Congress. In 2012 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party and in August 2014, Chikhalikar joined the Shiv Sena. In 2024, Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party of Ajit Pawar to get a ticket from Loha Kandhar Assembly Constituency.

Positions held 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kandhar Vidhansabha as Independent 2009: Unsuccessfully contested Loha Vidhansabha on Congress ticket 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shivsena Party 2015: Elected as Director of Nanded District Central Co-operative Bank 2019: MP- Nanded loksabha Constituency 2024: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nationalist Congress Party