Career
He represents the Nagpur East Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Khopde in 2014 was the chief of the Nagpur City BJP. In 2009 he created a major upset defeating 5 time Modern Language Association Satish Chaturvedi of the Indian National Congress.
Khopde was a corporator in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and a standing committee chairman.
Khopde is a high school dropout. His political career commenced in the early nineties, when he became President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (youth wing of the BJP) in Nagpur.
At the age of 33, Khopde became the Municipal Corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and served as corporator for 5 consecutive terms, in 1992 to 2014. He was the Deputy Mayor elected in Nagpur Municipal Corporation India, when he served as the Deputy Mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation at the age of 36, in 1995-1996.
Khopde was born to Kamla Khopde and Pancham Khopde.
In 1992, at age 33, Khopde was elected as a Corporator from Satnami Nagar ward. Three years later Khopde became the Deputy Mayor of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. In 2008, he was elected to the Standing Committee Chairman Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
In 2009 he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time.
He is currently serving his second term as Modern Language Association as of 2014. Positions held = Within BJP = Legislative =.
