[3] In 2004, he entered the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with a ticket from Indian National Congress, defeating the Shiv Sena.
He participated in the 2009 elections and lost to Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar which made him to ignore politics.
[4] The Congress offered him ticket to contest the Maharashtra assembly elections again in 2014, however, he was seen writing a letter to Manikrao Thakre, the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee stating that he has been very less active in politics.
[4] In January 2021, Chhatrapati re-entered the politics again and participated in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation elections.
[4] On 2 September 2022, Chhatrapati was elected as a member of the executive committee of the All India Football Federation.