Chandrakant Patil

Chandrakant Bacchu Patil (born 10 June 1959) is an Indian politician who is the Maharashtra state President of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019.[1] He was the Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra state, for Revenue and Public Works Department excluding Public Undertakings as well as Guardian Minister for Kolhapur,Sangli & Pune district, until 12 November 2019.[2]

Not to be confused with C. R. Patil, Gujarat BJP President in 2020.
Chandrakant Patil
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
Assumed office
17 July 2019
Preceded byRaosaheb Danve
Member of Legislative Assembly
Maharashtra
Assumed office
25 October 2019
Preceded byMedha Kulkarni
ConstituencyKothrud
Minister of Public works Government of Maharashtra
In office
31 October 2014 – 08 November 2019
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded by-
Succeeded byAshok Chavan, INC
Minister of Revenue Government of Maharashtra
In office
04 June 2016 – 08 November 2019
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byEknath Khadse
Succeeded byBalasaheb Thorat, INC
Leader of the House Legislative Council
Maharashtra
In office
7 July 2016 – 08 November 2019
Preceded byEknath Khadse
Succeeded byUddhav Thackeray
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office
2008–2019
ConstituencyPune
Personal details
Born (1959-06-10) 10 June 1959
Bombay, Bombay State, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)Kolhapur, Maharshtra
Websitechandrakantdadapatil.in

Currently he is Member of legislative assembly of Maharashtra, representing Kothrud

Early life and education

Patil was born on 10 June 1959 in the Jamnadas Prabhudas Chawl in Parel, Mumbai. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He completed schooling from the Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya (formerly King George High School) in Dadar. He graduated from Siddharth College in Fort in 1985.[3]

Political career

He was introduced to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at the age of 18. In 1980, he started working as a full-time activist for the ABVP. In 1982, he was appointed as the 'Pradesh Mantri'. In 1985, Patil was elected as 'Kshetriya Sangathan Mantri' of the ABVP where he focused on the problems of the youth and student issues. In 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he traveled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. In 2004, that he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as its Vice President in 2013. In June 2014, he was appointed as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister's office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation, and Public Works department.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Ahead of Maharashtra elections, BJP appoints minister Chandrakant Patil new state chief". India Today. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. "The low-profile RSS apparatchik is the new face of power in the NDA". India Today. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. "About Chandrakant Patil". Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/1129/Directory
  5. "Ministers - Maharashtra BJP". bjp.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. "Sarkaritel.com, : Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". www.sarkaritel.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. "Welcome to Collector Office Kolhapur". kolhapur.nic.in. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  8. "पुण्याच्या पालकमंत्री पदी चंद्रकांत पाटलांची न". 7 June 2019.
  9. "Chandrakant Patil likely to replace Girish Bapat as next guardian minister of Pune". indianexpress.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.


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