As such he helped Vasant Davkhare get the post of Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council three times and Govinda (a Bollywood star and a close friend) win the Mumbai North seat in 2004 General elections.
While studying in the Vartak College, Vasai, he was elected to the post of general secretary of the student council[citation needed].
[5] His wife Pravina Thakur became the first female Mayor of Vasai-Virar after his party swept the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation polls by winning 106 seats.
[6] On 3 July 2009, the Government of Maharashtra issued a notification for the inclusion of 53 villages in the newly formed Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation.
However, 49 of the 53 villages had opposed the merger citing environmental and heritage issues and refused the move by forming the Gao Bachao Andolan Samiti under the guidance of Vivek Pandit, longtime opposition candidate of Hitendra Thakur.