Career
He is a partner with Thackeray in the real estate agency called "Matoshree Infrastructure". He is also the General Secretary and Chief Coordinator of MNS and president of Hawai Karmachari Sena (HAKSE), the wing of MNS which works for the Air Services employees. HAKSE was launched in November 2008 as a labour union in aviation sector.
Earlier in October 2008, more than 1900 employees were sacked by Jet Airways but were taken back after MNS staged protests.
He defeated Sadanand Saravankar of Indian National Congress and actor-politician Aadesh Bandekar of Shiv Sena. In the 2014 Assembly elections, he was defeated by Incorporated-return Shiv Sena turncoat and former Modern Language Association Sadakant "Sada" Sarvankar.