Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar (born 2 August 1960) is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Nanded district.
[1] Chikhalikar has been described as close to Shankarrao Chavan, but later has become an opponent of his son Ashok Chavan becoming a close junior associate of former Maharashtra Chief Minister the late Vilasrao Deshmukh.
[2][3] In 2007, Chikhalikar, joined Lok Bharati political outfit during municipality elections there, contesting elections against the Indian National Congress.
[2] In 2012 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party and in August 2014, Chikhalikar joined the Shiv Sena.
[4][5] In 2024 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar to get a ticket from loha kandhar Assembly Constituency.