Career
He has 16 criminal cases against him, one of the highest number amongst all MPs of the present Lok Sabha. He has been elected consecutively for 4 terms in Lok Sabha representing Auragabad for 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. He had also served as cabinet minister in Maharashtra State government from 1995 to 1999 in Shiv Sena Government.
1988: Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Gulmandi Ward, Sambhaji Nagar, Aurangabad
1988-1990: Leader of the Opposition, Municipal Corporation,Sambhaji Nagar, Aurangabad
1990-1999: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms)
1992-1995: Member, Estimates Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1992-1995: Sampark Pramukh, Shiv Sena Party, Aurangabad
1995-1997: Cabinet Minister, Housing, Slum Improvement and Urban Land Ceiling, Maharashtra
1997-1998: Cabinet Minister, Transport, Maharashtra
1998-1999: Cabinet Minister, Environment, Maharashtra
1995-1999: Guardian Minister, District Aurangabad
1999: Elected to 13th Lok Sabha(1st term)
2002-2004: Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party (Lok Sabha)
2004: Elected to 14th Lok Sabha(2nd term)
2005 onwards Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena
2009: Elected to 15th Lok Sabha(3rd term)
2014: Elected to 16th Lok Sabha(4th term).
