Murarirao Yeshwantrao Ghorpade was an Indian politician. He was the son of the last Raja of the Sandur State, a former Princely State. He was a former MLA from Sandur and one-time MP from Raichur, Karnataka. He also served as Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Finance in the Karnataka State Government. Ghorpade was the Chairman-emeritus of Sandur Manganese and Iron Ore Pvt. Ltd. (SMIORE). He held a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge.