Dyaneshwar Mulay (serving MEA Secretary); Prabhakar Deshmukh (Retd IAS), and Gulabrao Pol (Retd IPS), former Pune Police Commissioner, are expected to make a political debut in the upcoming Lok Sabha (April-May 2019) and Maharashtra Assembly Elections (Sept 2019).

Reportedly, Mule may contest the Lok Sabha seat from the Hatkanangale constituency in Kolhapur on a BJP ticket and may announce his decision immediately after his retirement on 31 December 2018.

It may be mentioned that Mulay, in April 2018, had his book released by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. In the past six to eight months, Mulay made multiple visits to Pune and other towns in western Maharashtra.

Former Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Prabhakar Deshmukh is keen to contest the election from Madha Lok Sabha constituency on a NCP ticket which was won by NCP chief Sharad Pawar in the 2009 polls. Deshmukh served as Agriculture Commissioner and Pune Divisional Commissioner.

Similarly, Gulabrao Pol had sought a ticket from the Congress and the NCP in 2014 but was denied. He reportedly still aspires to secure a ticket to contest the 2019 LS poll from the Kolhapur constituency.