Mukne entered active politics becoming Founder President of Jawhar Taluka Congress Committee and became councilor of Jawhar City from 1972 to 1977 and later on elected as a vice-president of Jawhar Municipal Council from 1977 to 1980 and 1985 to 1988 for two terms.
In 1994 he was elected unopposed for the post of President of Jawhar Municipal Council from 1994 to 1997.