Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil (born 12 June 1944) is a politician from the

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the List of political parties in India#State parties, state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra with a recognised state party statu ...

and Member of Parliament (MP) for

Madha Madha () is a wilayah in northern Oman, and is an exclave of the Musandam Governorate, enclaved by the United Arab Emirates (UAE); inside it, there is a second-order enclave: Nahwa, which is part of the UAE Emirate of Sharjah. Madha is locat ...

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 The deputy chief minister of Maharashtra is the deputy head of the executive branch of the Government of Maharashtra and the second highest ranking minister of the Council of Ministers. List of deputy chief ministers Statistics List by de ...

. 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 A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...

Akluj Akluj is a town on the banks of Nira in Solapur district, Maharashtra, India. Akluj was earlier known for its large trade in cotton, which has almost disappeared at present. It is on the bank of River Nira. The town and surrounding area is agr ...

in Solapur district. He served as President of Solapur Zila Parishad from 1971 to 1979, and was MLA representing

Malshiras Malshiras is a town and the headquarters of Malshiras taluka in Solapur district of Maharashtra state in western India. Its governing body was promoted to Nagar panchayat, Nagar Panchayat from a Gram panchayat, Gram Panchayat in 2017. There ar ...

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 in

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

2014 Lok Sabha election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

, 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) *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 Ranjitsinh is an Indian people, Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ranjitsinh Disale, Indian teacher * MK Ranjitsinh Jhala, Indian author * Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil, Indian politician * Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad ...

and a daughter Renuka Karnik. Vijaysinh's wedding in 1971 attracted a lot of controversy and criticism due to having Laksh Bhoj during a period of severe drought in Maharashtra.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohite-Patil, Vijaysinh Living people 1944 births People from Solapur district People from Akluj Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Marathi politicians Deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Maharashtra district councillors Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (SP) politicians

Political career

Positions held

Family

See also

References