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. He is member of Nationalist Congress Party. Prior to that he served as the

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. He was also a Minister for Public Works Department (PWD) and Tourism and Rural Development for over 25 years.

Political career

Mohite-Patil started his career as Sarpanch of Akluj in Solapur district. He served as President of Solapur Zila Parishad from 1971 to 1979, 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 an
D.Ed College
in Malshiras. On 25 December 2003 he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He has served as a cabinet Minister of PWD, Tourism and Rural Development Ministry. In the

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, 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.

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president Sharad Pawar eventually named him president of the Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation. In the

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, he was elected as Member of Parliament from Madha constituency.

Positions held

*Akluj Gram Panchayat- Member, Sarpanch *Solapur Zilla Parishad- Member, President (From 1971 to 1979) *State Assembly-Malshiras Constituency-MLA (From 1980 to 2009) *Deputy CM. Maharashtra State (25 December 2003 – 1 November 2005) *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) *MLC – Nominated by Governor (4 May 2012 – 16 May 2014 ) *Member of Parliament – Madha (16 May 2014 – 2019)

Family

He and his wife Nandinidevi have a son Ranjitsinh and a daughter Renuka Karnik. Vijaysinh's wedding in 1971 attracted a lot of controversy and criticism due to having 100,000 dinner guests during a period of severe drought in Maharashtra.

References

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