Prior to joining Congress he Contested Latur seat from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kavhekar, who defeated Vilasrao Deshmukh in the 1995 Assembly polls from Latur.
[1] Kavhekar, who as a Janata Dal candidate defeated Vilasrao Deshmukh by over 30,000 votes.
On 2 October 2009, he joined Indian National Congress party at Tilak Bhavan in the presence of Manikrao Thakare and withdrew his nominations from Latur City and Latur Rural Assembly seats.
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