{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | constituency = Ichalkaranji | term_start = 2024 | term_end = | birth_name = Rahul Prakashanna Awade | birth_place = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|09|22}} | profession = Politician | predecessor = Prakashanna Awade | party = {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}} Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present) | other_party = 20px Indian National Congress {{small|(Before 2019)}} | spouse = Moshmi Rahul Awade | parents = Prakashanna Awade (Father)<br/>Kallappa Awade (Grandfather)<ref name="BJP reposes faith in Amal Mahadik in Kolhapur South, Rahul Awade & Sudhir Gadgil also get tickets">{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |title=BJP reposes faith in Amal Mahadik in Kolhapur South, Rahul Awade & Sudhir Gadgil also get tickets |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/bjps-new-hope-in-kolhapur-amal-mahadik-returns-as-candidate-against-congress/articleshow/114403290.cms |access-date=25 November 2024 |date=20 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125071158/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/bjps-new-hope-in-kolhapur-amal-mahadik-returns-as-candidate-against-congress/articleshow/114403290.cms |archive-date=25 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="All in the family: In Maharashtra, MVA to Mahayuti, parties ride on key first-timers">{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |title=All in the family: In Maharashtra, MVA to Mahayuti, parties ride on key first-timers |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/maharashtra-elections-mva-mahayuti-debutants-9647703/ |access-date=25 November 2024 |date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125075744/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/maharashtra-elections-mva-mahayuti-debutants-9647703/ |archive-date=25 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> }} '''Rahul Prakashanna Awade''' is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2024, representing Ichalkaranji Assembly constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Rahul Awade with 129717 defeats NCP (SP)'s Madan Sitaram Karande |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/ichalkaranji-maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-maelb-2638408-2024-11-23 |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ichalkaranji Election Result 2024 LIVE: Rahul Prakash Awade of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/ichalkaranji-election-result-2024-live-leading-winner-mla-9130226.html |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Ichalkaranji">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Ichalkaranji |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13279.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125074801/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13279.htm |archive-date=25 November 2024 |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>
==Political career==
Rahul Awade became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation before he and his family were senior members of Indian National Congress.
== See also == * List of chief ministers of Maharashtra * Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Awade, Rahul Prakash}} Category:Living people Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029 Category:1978 births
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