Shivaji Bhanudas Kardile was a two times Member of Legislative Assembly of Rahuri Maharashtra. He was elected in 2009 and in 2014 after receiving a ticket from the Bhartiya Janta Party.[1] He has been elected from the Rahuri constituency and owned a dairy business before he entered politics.[2] In 2018, Kardile was arrested by Ahmednagar police in connection to the killings of Shivsena leader Sanjay Kotkar and Vasant Thube.[3][4]