Ramesh Kashiram Karad (/rɑːmɛʃ kɑːrəd/; Marathi: [rəmeʂ kərad]), commonly known as Ramesh Appa Karad, is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Bharatiya Janata Party and district president of Bharatiya Janata Party Latur.

He fought 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, in which Vaijnath Shinde of Indian National Congress defeated Karad by 23,500 votes.

In 2018 legislative council election, he filed a nomination from Nationalist Congress Party against Suresh Dhas of BJP.

Karad's followers had been claiming openly that, BJP left the seat to Shiv Sena to ease the victory of congress leader Dhiraj Deshmukh.

But BJP used shock mechanism by giving official candidature to Karad instead of previously announced Ajit Gopchhade.

[4] He resigned from his membership of legislative council in December 2024 upon getting elected to legislative assembly defeating Dhiraj Deshmukh Karad is involved in three criminal cases where six charges are framed which include charges related to: In 2020, FIR was filed against him and his 22 followers by district collector and magistrate of Beed district, because he didn't follow social distancing in COVID-19 pandemic.