Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

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Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil (born 12 June 1944) is a politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for Madha in Maharashtra since the 2014 general election till the 2019 general election. He is member of Nationalist Congress Party.

Prior to that he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was also a Minister for Public Works Department (PWD) and Tourism and Rural Development for over 25 years.[1]

Political career

Mohite-Patil started his career as Sarpanch of Akluj in Solapur district.[2] He served as President of Solapur Zila Parishad from 1971 to 1979, [3] and was MLA representing Malshiras from 1980 to 2009. In that time he established sugar factories, milk dairies and processing industries, poultry farms, schools, nursing, engineering and D.Ed College[4] in Malshiras. On 25 December 2003 he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[5][6] He has served as a cabinet Minister of PWD, Tourism and Rural Development Ministry.

In the 2009 Maharashtra assembly elections, his constituency Malshiras became a Reserved Seat, forcing him to shift to the neighbouring Pandharpur seat. He was defeated in the elections that followed by Bharat Bhalke.[7] NCP president Sharad Pawar eventually named him president of the Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation.[8] In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he was elected as Member of Parliament from Madha constituency.

Positions held

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  • Akluj Gram Panchayat- Member, Sarpanch
  • Solapur Zilla Parishad- Member, President (From 1971 to 1979)
  • Minister of PWD
  • Minister of Tourism
  • Minister of Rural Development
  • Chairman- Ethanol Manufacturers association of India.
  • Chairman- Maharashtra Rajya Sakhar Sangh (State Sugar Cooperatives Federation)
  • 1980-1985 - MLA, Independent (Malshiras)
  • 1985-1990 - MLA, INC (Malshiras)
  • 1990-1995 - MLA, INC (Malshiras)
  • 1995-1999 - MLA, INC (Malshiras)
  • 1999-2004 - MLA, NCP (Malshiras) DCM. (27 Dec 2003 – 19 Oct 2004)
  • 2004-2009 - MLA, NCP (Malshiras)
  • 2012-2014 - MLC, Nominated by Governor (4 May 2012 – 16 May 2014)
  • 2014-2019 - MP – NCP (Madha) (2014 – 2019)
  • 2024 - Director - National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited

Family

He and his wife Nandinidevi have a son Ranjitsinh and a daughter Renuka Karnik.

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See also

References

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25 December 2003 – 1 November 2004 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Rural Development Minister
1 November 2004 – 9 October 2009 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Template:16th LS members from Maharashtra Template:Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

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