Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Indian politician

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Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2024
Minister	Water Resources (Godavari & Krishna Valley)
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Ahmednagar district
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 9 August 2022 – 26 November 2024
Minister	Revenue Animal Husbandry
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Preceded by	Balasaheb Thorat Sunil Kedar
Succeeded by	Chandrashekhar Bawankule Pankaja Munde
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
20th 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 the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1995
Constituency	Shirdi
Personal details
Born	(1959年06月15日) 15 June 1959 (age 65) Loni, Bombay State, India
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	Pravara Rural Education Society, Pravaranagar

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician in his eighth consecutive term as 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 (2022–2024)
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 in Maharashtra Vidhansabha from 2014 to 2019 during the government led by Devendra Fadnavis. In 2019 Vikhe Patil, his Son, Sujay, and many other Congress party members joined the Bharatiya Janata party. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is the son of veteran Maharashtra and former union Minister of Finance (India), Balasaheb Vikhe Patil.^[5] In the Loksabha election of 2019, his son Sujay got elected to the Loksabha for the BJP from the Ahmednagar constituency.

References

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^ "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. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "New horticulture policy likely from next year: Minister". The Times of India . 25 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "The 10 BJP dynasts who have won in Maharashtra". Rediff. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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