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Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
14 August 2022
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Deputy CMDevendra Fadnavis
Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister (24 September 2022 - 04 October 2023)
Preceded by
Leader of the Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
23 December 2014 – 4 June 2019
Deputy
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Speaker of the House
Preceded byEknath Shinde
Succeeded byVijay Wadettiwar
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan
Guardian Minister
  • NA
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Guardian Minister
  • NA
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Guardian Minister
  • NA
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
1 February 1999 – 17 October 1999
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterNarayan Rane
Guardian MinisterNA
In office
14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterManohar Joshi
Guardian MinisterNA
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1995
ConstituencyShirdi
Personal details
Born (1959-06-15) 15 June 1959 (age 65)
Loni, Bombay State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (Since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1999-2019) Shiv Sena (1995-1999)
SpouseShalini Vikhe Patil
ChildrenSujay Vikhe Patil (son)
ParentBalasaheb Vikhe Patil (father)
EducationSanjivani 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 :

  1. Minister of Revenue in the Eknath Shinde ministry (2022–Present)
  2. Minister of Housing in the First Fadnavis ministry (2019 - 2019)
  3. Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (2014 - 2019)
  4. Minister of Agriculture, Food & Drug Administration, Marathi Language, and Other Backward Classes in the Prithviraj Chavan ministry[3][4] (2010 - 2014)
  5. Minister of Transport, Ports, and Law & Judiciary in the Second Ashok Chavan ministry (2009 - 2010)
  6. Minister of School Education in the First Ashok Chavan ministry (2008 - 2009)
  7. 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

  1. ^ "Maharashtra Oppn wants SIT probe in irrigation scam". Business Standard. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Maharashtra Elections 2009 : Constituency-wise results" (PDF). Press Information Bureau. Government of India. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  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.
  4. ^ "New horticulture policy likely from next year: Minister". The Times of India. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.