Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 August 2022
Minister	Revenue; Animal Husbandry; Dairy Development;
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Ramesh Bais;
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy CM	Devendra Fadnavis; Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Ahmednagar District (24 September 2022 to - Incumbent); Akola District (04 October 2012- Incumbent); Solapur District; (24 September 2022 - 04 October 2023)
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat ; (Revenue Ministry); Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar ; (Animal Husbandry Ministry); Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar ; (Dairy Development Ministry); Hasan Mushrif ; (Ahmednagar District); Dattatray Vithoba Bharne ; (Solapur District);
Leader of the Opposition; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 23 December 2014 – 4 June 2019
Deputy	Jayant Patil; Shashikant Shinde;
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Speaker of the House	Haribhau Bagade;
Preceded by	Eknath Shinde
Succeeded by	Vijay Wadettiwar
Cabinet Minister; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Agriculture Ministry; Food and Drug Administration Ministry; Marathi Language Ministry; Other Backward Classes Ministry;
Governor	K. Sankaranarayanan; C. Vidyasagar Rao;
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA;
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat ; (Agriculture Ministry); Manohar Naik ; (Food and Drug Administration Ministry); Balasaheb Thorat ; (Marathi Language Ministry); Shivajirao Moghe ; (Other Backward Classes Ministry);
Succeeded by	Eknath Khadse ; (Agriculture Ministry); Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal ; (Food and Drug Administration Ministry); Vinod Tawde ; (Marathi Language Ministry); Sanjay Kute ; (Other Backward Classes Ministry);
	In office; 7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Minister	Law and Judiciary Ministry; Transport Ministry; Ports Development Ministry; Vimukta Jati Ministry;
Governor	S. C. Jamir; K. Sankaranarayanan;
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA;
Preceded by	Ashok Chavan ; (Law and Judiciary Ministry); Surupsingh Hirya Naik ; (Transport Ministry); Ravisheth Patil ; (Ports Development Ministry); Rajendra Shingne ; (Vimukta Jati Ministry);
Succeeded by	Prithviraj Chavan ; (Law and Judiciary Ministry); Sachin Ahir ; (Transport Ministry); Jayant Patil ; (Ports Development Ministry); Balasaheb Thorat ; (Vimukta Jati Ministry);
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister	School Education Ministry; State Border Defence Ministry (Second);
Governor	S. C. Jamir;
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Guardian Minister	NA;
Preceded by	Vasant Purke ; (School Education Ministry); Dilip Walse-Patil ; (State Border Defence Ministry) (Second);
Succeeded by	Balasaheb Thorat ; (School Education Ministry); Jayant Patil ; (State Border Defence Ministry) (Second);
	In office; 1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999
Minister	Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry; Earthquake Rehabilitation Ministry;
Governor	P. C. Alexander;
Chief Minister	Narayan Rane
Guardian Minister	NA
	In office; 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Minister	Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry; Earthquake Rehabilitation Ministry;
Governor	P. C. Alexander;
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi
Guardian Minister	NA
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1995
Constituency	Shirdi
Personal details
Born	15 June 1959 (age 65); Loni, Bombay State, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (Since 2019)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (1999-2019) Shiv Sena (1995-1999)
Spouse	Shalini Vikhe Patil
Children	Sujay Vikhe Patil (son)
Parent	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (father)
Education	Sanjivani college of Engineering, Kopargaon

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician, and a 7-time undefeated MLA from Shirdi Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.^[1]^[2] He is currently the Minister for Revenue, in the Government of Maharashtra and was the 1st Minister sworn in the Eknath Shinde ministry expansion, after Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis in the Cabinet Expansion held on 9 August 2022. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has been a member of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha since 1995. He was elected in the 2014 with 1,21,459 votes and most recently in 2019 with record breaking 1,32,316 votes.

He is a 7-time undefeated MLA from Shirdi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. He has worked under 6 different Chief Ministers since 1995 and has held 12 different portfolios in his career.

Positions Held :

Minister of Revenue in the Eknath Shinde ministry (2022–Present)
Minister of Housing in the First Fadnavis ministry (2019 - 2019)
Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (2014 - 2019)
Minister of Agriculture, Food & Drug Administration, Marathi Language, and Other Backward Classes in the Prithviraj Chavan ministry^[3]^[4] (2010 - 2014)
Minister of Transport, Ports, and Law & Judiciary in the Second Ashok Chavan ministry (2009 - 2010)
Minister of School Education in the First Ashok Chavan ministry (2008 - 2009)
Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Earthquake Rehabilitation in the Manohar Joshi ministry, Narayan Rane ministry. (1995 - 1999)

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil was the Leader of Opposition from 2014 to 2019 during has First Fadnavis Government. Then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has an excellent relationship with Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, ensured a defection of Vikhe Patil, his Son Dr. Sujay, and other Congress and they all joined the Bharatiya Janata party in July 2019. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is the son of veteran Maharashtra and former union Minister of Finance (India), Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. He has a son, Dr. Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil who is a Member of Parliament of the BJP from the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha since 2019, which he won by securing more than 700,000 votes and defeated NCP's Sangram Jagtap. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had campaigned for Dr. Sujay Vikhe during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

References

^ "Maharashtra Oppn wants SIT probe in irrigation scam". Business Standard. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Maharashtra Elections 2009 : Constituency-wise results" (PDF). Press Information Bureau. Government of India. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Vikhe-Patil may be new Maharashtra Congress chief; Manikrao Thackre might be inducted in state cabinet". The Economic Times. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "New horticulture policy likely from next year: Minister". The Times of India. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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[Business_Standard_-_16_December_2012_-_Maharashtra_Oppn_wants_SIT_probe_in_irrigation_scam-1] "Maharashtra Oppn wants SIT probe in irrigation scam". Business Standard. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[Press_Information_Bureau_-_Maharashtra_Elections_2009_:_Constituency-wise_results-2] "Maharashtra Elections 2009 : Constituency-wise results" (PDF). Press Information Bureau. Government of India. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[The_Economic_Times_-_8_January_2014_-_Vikhe-Patil_may_be_new_Maharashtra_Congress_chief;_Manikrao_Thackre_might_be_inducted_in_state_cabinet-3] "Vikhe-Patil may be new Maharashtra Congress chief; Manikrao Thackre might be inducted in state cabinet". The Economic Times. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[TOI_-_25_January_2014_-_New_horticulture_policy_likely_from_next_year:_Minister-4] "New horticulture policy likely from next year: Minister". The Times of India. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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