{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Prakash Dahake | office1 = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = (2009 | term_end1 = 2014) | predecessor1 = Rajendra Patni | successor1 = Rajendra Patni | constituency1 = Karanja Assembly constituency | party = Nationalist Congress Party {{small|(1999-2021)}} | other_party = Indian National Congress {{small|(Till 1999)}} <br/> Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha {{small|(2004)}} | birth_place = Karanja, Washim District | birth_date = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|05|10|1953|01|01}} | death_place = Nagpur, Maharashtra | spouse = Sai Prakash Dahake | relations = Dilip Walse Patil {{small|(Brother-in-Law)}} }} '''Prakash Uttamrao Dahake''' was an Indian politician. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Karanja Assembly constituency representing the Nationalist Congress Party and He held the post of Chairman of the Karanja Agricultural Produce Market Committee for 15 consecutive years and During 2009, he was also elected as the Chairman of the Vidarbha Development Corporation till 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/468212.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605012243/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/468212.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2011 |title=No dent in Cong base |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=23 October 2009 |author=Pradip Kumar Maitra }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 October 2009 |first=Prakash |last=Joshi |title=All eyes on rebels |publisher=Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/All-eyes-on-rebels/articleshow/5146956.cms }}</ref>
==Political career== Prakash Dahake had a distinct identity as 'Dada' in politics and by his supporters. He won the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party from Karanja Assembly constituency but His supporters always win from beginning in large numbers in the elections of Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad, Purchase and Sale Union and Service Cooperative Society in rural areas. Prakash Dad was known in the taluka as Prakash Parv in the social and political arena and He held the post of Chairman of the Karanja Agricultural Produce Market Committee for 15 consecutive years and During 2009, he was also elected as the Chairman of the Vidarbha Development Corporation till 2014.
Later, he lost twice to the same candidate in the 2014 & 2019 Assembly elections. However, his wife joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, by defeating Rajendra Patni Son, Gyayak Rajendra Patni who contested on the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Karanja, Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Sai Prakash Dahake with 85005 defeats NCP (SP)'s Patni Gyayak Rajendra |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/karanja-maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-maelb-2638137-2024-11-23 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kapde |first=Sandip |date=2024-11-23 |title=Sai Prakash Dahake Won Karanja Assembly Election 2024 final result: भाजपच्या सई प्रकाश डहाके विजयी, ज्ञायक पाटणींचा पराभव! |url=https://www.esakal.com/election/maharashtra-assembly-election/karanja-assembly-election-result-2024-winner-live-updates-saitai-prakash-dada-dahake-bjp-gnyak-patni-ncp-sharad-pawar-group-sunil-keshavrao-dhabekar-vanchit-bahujan-aghadi-news-maharashtra-vidhan-sabha-nivadnuk-nikal-batmya-in-marathi-srk94 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Marathi News Esakal |language=Mr}}</ref>
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