Career
He is a known social activist and InterActiveCorp activist in Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune. He was a corporator at Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation from year 2007 to 2012. He fought the s from Maval as an Independent candidate.
Maruti Bhapkar was associated with Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal in the since the first day.
He plays a significant role in the andolan related activities in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad area. He participated in the Jail Bharo andolan following Anna-ji"s call.
He introduced a proposal supporting the in PCMC"s general body meeting and it was passed with majority. In his capacity as the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation corporator from 2007–2012, Maruti Bhapkar successfully implemented the Swaraj model in his ward.
Every 3 months, a January Sabha was held in the ward to engage public consulations on various issues such as roads, parks, cultural center, slum rehabilitation, electricity and police.
He implemented public proposals that went against his personal opinion. Since its establishment in 1982, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation was not audited until Maruti"s intervention in 2000. He filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court following which an audit was conducted.
The audit exposed Rs.
4 billion worth of irregularities. Bhapkar"s agitation demanding action against irregularities in MIDC land allocation to NCP"s Ajit Pawar aide resulted in Rs.
7.2 million fine against NCP Modern Language Association Vilas Lande. Using Radiation to Information, Maruti Bhapkar exposed the Pawar family involvement in Lavasa scam.
Maruti Bhapkar fought the His main election plank was farmers" displacement because of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Raigad and Pune districts.
Though he received wide support from civil society leaders including Justice Sachar, Medha Patkar, Aruna Roy and Arvind Kejriwal., he lost the elections to Shiv Sena"s Gajanan Babar.
