 He also lost 1987 assembly election, this time from the Vile Parle seat in Mumbai, to Dr. Ramesh Y. Prabhoo of Shiv Sena.The formidable Shiv Sena founder and leader Bal Thackeray campaigned vigorously for Prabhoo on a Hindutva plank.Kunte filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, accusing Prabhoo of seeking votes on religious grounds and thereby indulging in electoral malpractices.