 He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 and 2014 legislative assembly election from Jangaon (Assembly constituency) on the ticket of MNS.Kolhe served as a corporator to the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation for Ward No.17-B from 1996 to 2016.He also served as the Nagpur district president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and he resigned from his post in November 2014.