Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Minister of Revenue; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat
Minister of Animal Husbandry & Dairying; Government of Maharashtra
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Sunil Kedar
Minister of Housing; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 16 June 2019 – 8 November 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Prakash Mehta
Succeeded by	Jitendra Awhad
Leader of the Opposition; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 23 December 2014 – 4 June 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Eknath Shinde
Succeeded by	Vijay Wadettiwar
Minister of Agriculture; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 19 November 2010 – 28 September 2014
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat
Succeeded by	Eknath Khadse
Minister of Transport; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Minister of Ports; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Minister of Law & Judiciary; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 26 October 2009
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Minister of School Education; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 26 October 2009
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Earthquake Rehabilitation; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 1995–1999
Chief Minister	Manohar Joshi; Narayan Rane
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1995
Constituency	Shirdi
Personal details
Born	15 June 1959 (age 64); Loni, Ahmednagar
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.

External links

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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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