Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

Vijaysinh Mohite Patil

Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil (born 12 June 1944) is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was also a Minister for PWD and Tourism & Rural Development for over 25 years, and was elected in 2014 as member of parliament (MP) for Madha in Maharashtra.^[1]

Political career

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

In the 2009 elections his position as MLA from Malshiras became a Reserved Seat, forcing him to shift to the neighbouring Pandharpur seat. He was defeated in the elections that followed.^[4] NCP president Sharad Pawar eventually named him president of the Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation.^[5] In 2014, he was elected as MP from Madha constituency in Maharashtra.

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 Dec 2003 – 1 Nov 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 Association)
MLC - Nominated by Governor (4, May 2012 - 16 May 2014 )
Member of Parliament - Madha (16 May 2014 - Incumbent)

About Family

Father - Shankarrao
Mother - Ratnprabha
Wife - Nandinidevi
Son - Ranjitsinh
Daughter - Renuka Karnik
Brother - Rajsinh, Jaysinh, Madansinh, Pratapsinh, Udaysinh
Nephew - Dhairysheel, Sangramsinh,Satyasheel, Dhavalsinh, Arjunsinh, Shivtejsinh, Kirtidwajsinh
Grandchildren - Vishwatejsinh, Karan and Vaishnavi.

Vijaysinh's marriage was famous in Maharashtra as "lakshbhojan" in 1971,period of heavy droughts. More than 1 lacs of people were offered meal in his marriage.

References

↑ "Maharashtra sweats, its Energy Minister switches on 10 ACs". Indian Express. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
↑ "Mohite-Patil replaces Bhujbal". The Tribune. 26 December 2003. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "Mohite-Patil's fortune teeters on Shinde's". MiD DAY. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
↑ Kothari, Vishwas (5 April 2009). "Testing times for Shinde in Solapur". Indian Express. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
↑ "Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, new chief of sugar co-ops federation". Daily News & Analysis.

Preceded by Chhagan Bhujbal	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra 25 December 2003 – 1 November 2004	Succeeded by R. R. Patil
Preceded by R. R. Patil	Rural Development Minister 1 November 2004 – 9 October 2009	Succeeded by Jayant Patil

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Maharashtra
Bharatiya Janata Party (23)	Hansraj Ahir Sharad Bansode Subhash Bhamre Harishchandra Chavan Raosaheb Danve Sanjay Dhotre Nitin Gadkari Sunil Gaikwad Dilipkumar Gandhi Heena Gavit Raksha Khadase Poonam Mahajan Pritam Munde pre-bye poll: Gopinath Munde – deceased Ashok Nete A. T. Patil Kapil Patil Sanjaykaka Patil Nanabhau Patole Gopal Shetty Anil Shirole Kirit Somaiya Ramdas Tadas Chitaman Wanga
Shiv Sena (18)	Shivajirao Adhalrao Anandrao Adsul Shrirang Barne Ravindra Gaikwad Bhavana Gawali Anant Geete Hemant Godse Prataprao Jadhav Sanjay Jadhav Chandrakant Khaire Gajanan Kirtikar Sadashiv Lokhande Vinayak Raut Arvind Sawant Rahul Shewale Shrikant Shinde Krupal Tumane Rajan Vichare
Nationalist Congress Party (4)	Udayanraje Bhosale Dhananjay Mahadik Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil Supriya Sule
Indian National Congress (2)	Ashok Chavan Rajiv Satav
Swabhimani Paksha (1)	Raju Shetti
GE 2014 result summary	BJP-23 SS-18 NCP-4 INC-2 SWP-1
2014 bye-election	Pritam Munde (pre-bye poll: Gopinath Munde – deceased)
See also Rajya Sabha members from MH for	Term 2010-2016 Term 2012-2018 Term 2014-2020
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Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Nasikrao Tirpude (1978) Ramrao Adik (1983-1985) Gopinath Munde (1995-1999) Chhagan Bhujbal (1999-2003) Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil (2003-2004) R R Patil (2004-2008) Chhagan Bhujbal (2008-2010) Ajit Pawar (2010-2012) Ajit Pawar (2012-2014)

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