Sunil Tatkare

NCP

profession Politician

Sunil Tatkare biography

Sunil Tatkare is a political leader from Maharastra and a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar). He is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Raigad Lok Sabha constituency. He was born on July 10, 1955, in Sutarwadi, Maharashtra. He is the brother of another prominent politician of Maharastra, Anil Tatkare.

His political journey began in the 1980s when he ventured into electoral politics. He contested the Assembly election from the Shrivardhan constituency in Raigad on a Congress ticket and became an MLA for the first time in 1995. In 1999, when Sharad Pawar parted ways with the Congress to form the NCP, he moved to the newly floated party.

has held several ministerial positions in the Maharashtra government, including Minister of State for Urban Development and Ports from 1999 to 2003, Water Resources and Finance in the Congress-NCP coalition government, and Energy Minister in 2004.

He also served as the Water Resources Minister from November 2010 to September 2014 and held the Finance and Planning portfolio from November 2009 to November 2010. In 2019, he won the Lok Sabha election from Raigad constituency.

His political career has been marked by controversies, including allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects during Ajit Pawar's tenure as the irrigation minister. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is probing Tatkare in this case, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had also begun a preliminary enquiry against him in 2012.

Sunil Tatkare personal life

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NCP’s Tatkare says no discussions held with BJP over possible merger

July 19, 2025 10:11 pm

Among those present at the meeting were district president Satish Chavan, Maharashtra Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Patil Chakankar, and MLA Vikram Kale.

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No proposal of merger of two NCPs, says Sunil Tatkare

May 30, 2025 12:26 am

Earlier in May, in an interview with The Indian Express, NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar had acknowledged internal divisions within his party over questions of reuniting with Ajit Pawar’s faction.

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Sule will decide if NCP (SP) should join hands with Ajit Pawar’s party

May 09, 2025 1:39 am

Tatkare says top leaders will discuss if such a proposal comes

NCP leader Sunil Tatkare hosts lunch for Amit Shah in Raigad

April 13, 2025 12:38 pm

On Saturday, Shah went to Raigad district where he paid tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his 345th death anniversary

Friction escalates between Shiv Sena's Bharat Gogawale and NCP's Sunil Tatkare over Raigad Guardian Minister post

January 27, 2025 11:58 pm

Gogawale claimed that Tatkare worked with local opponents, including Jayant Patil of PWP, to defeat Sena's Mahendra Dalvi in Alibaug and prevent his own election as Guardian Minister.

Mahayuti govt should now take a decision on oil refinery project in Konkan: NCP

January 03, 2025 10:28 pm

State NCP chief and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare, said, “There is a possibility that the refinery with a reduced capacity than that proposed earlier can come up in Maharashtra."

No going back after parting ways with Sharad Pawar: NCP's Sunil Tatkare

September 13, 2024 10:02 pm

He made the statements at an event called Maharasthra Vision 2050, organised by Patrakar Sangh on Friday.

Sharad Pawar camp MLAs want to join Congress: NCP's Sunil Tatkare

May 31, 2024 10:10 pm

Tatkare’s claim comes weeks after NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s statement that a few smaller parties might merge with the Congress post the general election results.

Sunil Tatkare Interview: 'There is no infighting in Mahayuti. Every party has a right to stake a claim on a seat if it feels it's strong'

May 03, 2024 1:46 am

Sunil Tatkare talks about the NCP's association with the BJP, the seat-sharing issues with the Shiv Sena, and his vision for Raigad.

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NDA is not against Muslims, BJP never asked us to keep secularism aside: Sunil Tatkare

April 13, 2024 8:39 pm

Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Maharashtra president said it is a misconception that the BJP-led NDA is against the Muslim community and that it asked his party to keep secularism aside while joining the alliance

Leopard’s growl and a lie: How a blood-stained rock and a forensic report exposed a murder

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In December 2024, a woman was found dead in a sugarcane field in Maharashtra, sparking public outrage over the human-wildlife conflict. The initial statement of a leopard attack was later revealed to be a planned murder by the victim's husband's nephew and a laborer. They were arrested and a charge sheet was filed against them.

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