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Following his victory in the by-election, Dhangekar was chosen as the Indian
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Dhangekar's significant achievement came in 2023 when he won the Kasba Peth
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Feeling sidelined within the MNS, Dhangekar quit the party in 2017 and briefly contested as an independent in the Pune civic polls with
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Dhangekar was born in Pune, Maharashtra. He completed his education up to the 8th standard at Motoba School in Nathachiwadi, Daund, Pune, in 1985. Dhangekar hails from the
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Following his by-election win, the
Congress named Dhangekar as its candidate from the Pune Lok Sabha constituency for the 2024 general elections. However, he lost to the BJP's
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party. He aimed to contest the 2019 Assembly elections from Kasba Peth, but the
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politician from Pune, currently serving as a member of the
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