Harshvardhan Shahajirao Patil (born 21 August 1963), is an Indian politician from

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

from

Indapur Indapur is a town and a municipal council in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Indapur is known for Jahagir of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's father and grandfather. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's grandfather Malojiraje died in ba ...

, near Pune in Maharashtra. He quit

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

in September 2019 after a long association with it. He was one of the few ministers who was presiding as a minister for four consecutive terms (1995-2014) in

Government of Maharashtra The Government of Maharashtra is the state governing authority for the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a democratically elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the Vidhan Sabha for a five-year term. Maharashtra has a Maharashtra Legisla ...

. He has shouldered responsibilities of Cooperative Ministry and currently Legislative Affairs. He is known for cordial relations with all party members. He was a minister from 1995 to 2014. He was elected MLA as an independent in 1995, 1999, 2004. In 2009 he was elected MLA as an

candidate. He was appointed as co-operation and parliamentary affairs minister in Chief minister

Prithviraj Chavan Prithviraj Chavan () (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a state in Western India. Chavan is a graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and University of Cali ...

's ministry. There are tussles seen for control over

between

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and

under his leadership. In August 2014, he was attacked by few activist who hurled ink at him making him injured his left eye. He was immediately taken to

Baramati Baramati ( aːɾamət̪iː is a city, a tehsil and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is about 100 KM (62 miles) southeast of the city of Pune and about 250 KM from Mumbai. Baramati is located ...

for primarily treatment. A few months later, in October 2014

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Election, he was defeated from

constituency by

candidate Dattatray Vithoba Bharne by margin of 14,173 votes.Narayan Rane, Harshwardhan Patil among 14 former ministers who lost poll battle
/ref> He is the nephew of

Shankarrao Bajirao Patil Shankarrao Bajirao Patil (15 February 1924 – 13 September 2006) was an Indian politician who served as Member of Parliament between 1980–1984 and 1989-1991 from Baramati parliamentary constituency. He was also Member of Legislative Assemb ...

, the former MP.

External links

* http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Maharashtra/mpa.htm * http://www.deccanherald.com/content/114159/maha-portfolios-patil-retains-home.html

References

Living people 1963 births Politicians from Pune Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004 Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Marathi politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub