Chandrakant Patil
Chandrakant Bacchu Patil (born 10 June 1959) is an Indian politician who is the Maharashtra state President of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019. He was the Cabinet Minister in Maharashtra state, for Revenue and Public Works Department excluding Public Undertakings as well as Guardian Minister for Kolhapur,Sangli & Pune district, until 12 November 2019. Currently he is Member of legislative assembly of Maharashtra, representing Kothrud Early life and education. Patil was born on 10 June 1959 in the "Jamnadas Prabhudas Chawl" in Parel, Mumbai. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He completed schooling  from the "Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya" (formerly King George High School) in Dadar. He graduated from Siddharth College in Fort in 1985. Political career. He was introduced to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at the age of 18. In 1980, he started working as a full-time activist for the ABVP. In 1982, he was appointed as the 'Pradesh Mantri'. In 1985, Patil was elected as 'Kshetriya Sangathan Mantri' of the ABVP where he focused on the problems of the youth and student issues. In 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he  traveled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. In 2004, that he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as its Vice President in 2013. In June 2014, he was appointed as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister's office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation, and Public Works department.