Chandrakant Bacchu Patil

Chandrakant Patil (born 10 June 1959), fondly called Chandrakant-Dada Patil, is an Indian politician who is State President BJP Maharashtra since 2019. [1] He was the Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra State, for Revenue and Public Works Department (excluding Public Undertakings), until 12 November 2019. A prominent member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was a Guardian Minister for Kolhapur & Pune district, and also appointed as the President of Maharashtra BJP in 2019.

Chandrakant Patil
चंद्रकांत पाटील
State President BJP Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 July 2019
Preceded by	Raosaheb Danve
Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2019
Preceded by	Medha Kulkarni
Constituency	Kothrud
Minister of Public works Government of Maharashtra
In office 31 October 2014 – 8 November 2019
Minister for Revenue, Maharashtra (2016-2019)
In office 2016–2019
Preceded by	President's rule
Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra
In office 2008–2019
Constituency	Pune
Personal details
Born	10 June 1959 Bombay, Bombay State, India
Citizenship	India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence	Kolhapur, Maharshtra
Website	Official website

Early life and education

Fondly known as Dada Patil by his supporters, he was born on 10 June 1959. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He spent his childhood days in the Prabhudas chawl in Mumbai. He received his initial schooling from the Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya (formerly known as King George High School), Dadar. He graduated from the Siddharth College (Fort) in 1985. He inaugurated the PWD CASI Road Safety Maha Walkathon 2019[2] which started from the Mantralaya main gate.

Political career

He was introduced to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) 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. During 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he travelled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. I 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 office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation and Public Works department.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He is currently not a minister.

References

1. https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/maharashtra-bjp-chief-chandrakant-patil-1570060-2019-07-16
2. http://www.mahapwd.com/News/NewsList/Mantralaya/MahaWalkathonPWD_28Sep2019.pdf
3. https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/1129/Directory
4. "Ministers - Maharashtra BJP". bjp.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
5. "Sarkaritel.com, : Maharashtra Government, Council of Ministers". www.sarkaritel.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
6. "Welcome to Collector Office Kolhapur". kolhapur.nic.in. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
7. http://www.dainikprabhat.com/chandrakant-patils-appointment-as-guardian-minister-of-pune/
8. "Chandrakant Patil likely to replace Girish Bapat as next guardian minister of Pune". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

External links

• Official website (personal)