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'''Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar''' (born 1982) is an [[Indian politician]]. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is a member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]. He got elected to the Legislative Council by MLA's (unopposed) on 14 May 2020.<ref name="MLC2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/finally-uddhav-thackeray-elected-maharashtra-mlc/1834376|title= Finally, Uddhav Thackeray elected Maharashtra MLC|date=14 May 2020|publisher=Outlook}}</ref> Previously he was in [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]. He joined BJP before the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Elections.<ref>{{cite news |title= Maharashtra MLC election 2020: BJP candidate list out for May 21 polls, 4 contenders named| url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/maharashtra-mlc-election-2020-uddhav-thackeray-bjp-candidate-full-list-legislative-council-election-date-result/1952351/ | work = Financial Express}}</ref>

== Early life ==

He was born to Kundlik and Hiramaai padalkar family of Padalkarwadi, [[Sangli district]]. His father Kundlik Padalkar was a primary teacher.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} Gopichand Padalkar belongs to [[Dhangar]] community from Maharashtra,  

He started his political career on 6 December 2006 from [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]] under the inspiration of [[Mahadev Jankar]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} He contested Maharashtra Assembly election in 2009 from [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]] u and got 20,000 votes.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

In 2012 he joined [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] and contested 2014 assembly election from [[Khanapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Atpadi-Khanapur constituency]]. On 1 August he experienced some differences on the question of the [[Dhangar]] community reservation with BJP and left the party.{{Importance inline|date=August 2021}}

After that he rejoined BJP in October 2019 when BJP submitted in court that Dhangar and Dhangad were a single caste. He unsuccessfully contested [[Lok Sabha]] Elections from [[Sangli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangali Lok Sabha seat]] in 2019 on [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]] ticket. He again rejoined BJP and contested Vidhan Sabha elections from [[Baramati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramati]] against [[Ajit Pawar]], where he gave a tough fight only 15 days after declaring his nomination. He lost by 1.5L, so his election deposit was arrested by the election commission.