He was a member of the Indian National Congress political party.

[2] He was nominated as the Lok Sabha candidate after resigning as MLA from Shiv Sena and had joined the Indian National Congress Party.

[3] In 2006, Dhanorkar became the Shiv Sena president for the Chandrapur District.

In the 2019 Indian general election, Dhanorkar became the INC MP from Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency, becoming the only elected INC MP from Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha.

Dhanorkar died due to complications from kidney stones on 30 May 2023, at the age of 47, at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.