Pravin Darekar

Pravin Darekar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was a one term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Magathane (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and former leader of Opposition in Maharashtra legislative council.

Pravin Darekar
Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office 16 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Preceded by	Dhananjay Munde
Succeeded by	Ambadas Danve
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2016
Constituency	Elected by MLAs
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Prakash Surve
Constituency	Magathane
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2016-)
Other political affiliations	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Until 2016)
Occupation	Politician
Website	mahabjp.org

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections 2014

Pravin Darekar lost the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections 2014.

Early political life

Praveen Darekar was first elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ticket in 2009.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

Pravin Darekar was one of the driving forces along with Raj Thackeray to form the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.^[1][2]

Joined Bharatiya Janata Party

After his loss in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election he left the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena^[3] to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[4][5][6]

Positions held

• Maharashtra Legislative Assembly MLA
• Terms in office: 2009–2014.^[7]
• Member(elect) of Maharashtra Legislative Council
• Terms in office:2016.^[8][9]
• Leader of Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Council Incumbent

Controversy

He was booked in the rupees 123 crore Mumbai District Cooperative Bank scam.^[10][11][12]