Gulab Raghunath Patil

Gulab Raghunath Patil
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 August 2022
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Deputy CMDevendra Fadnavis
Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by

Additional charge
(Water Supply Ministry)

  • Anil Parab

Additional charge
(Sanitation Ministry)

Additional charge
(Jalgaon District)
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019 – 27 June 2022
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Additional charge
(Water Supply Ministry)

Additional charge
(Sanitation Ministry)

Additional charge
(Jalgaon District)
Minister of State
Government of Maharashtra
In office
7 June 2016 – 8 November 2019
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister
Succeeded byVishwajeet Kadam
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
(2014-2019),(2019-
Preceded byGulabrao Baburao Deokar
ConstituencyJalgaon Rural
In office
(1999-2004),(2004 – 2009)
Preceded byMahendrasinh Dharamsinh Patil
Succeeded byChimanrao Patil
ConstituencyErandol
Personal details
Born (1966-06-05) 5 June 1966 (age 58)
At.Paldhi BK.,Tq.Dharangaon, Jalgaon district
Political partyShiv Sena
Other political
affiliations		Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023)
SpouseMayabai Patil
Children3

Gulab Raghunath Patil (born 5 June 1966) is a politician and incumbent Water supply and Sanitation minister of the Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), the state's lower house representing rural Jalgaon constituency. He is a member of Shiv Sena party.[1][2]

In 2019 he got elected in 14th legislative assembly. On 30 December 2019, he got appointed Minister of Water supply and Sanitation in Eknath Shinde cabinet[2] and also served as Guardian Minister [clarification needed] of Jalgaon district.[3] From 1999 to 2004 he represented Erandol constituency.[4][5]

In 2022 Gulab Patil resigned from minister post of Uddhav Thackeray's cabinet, left Shiv Sena and joined rebel leader Eknath Shinde during political crisis. Shinde with his more than 40 MLAs demanded break of alliance from Nationalist Congress Party–Indian National Congress and demanded Uddhav Thackeray form government with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It caused split in the party, at the end Shinde formed government with latter and became CM and Patil appointed minister of Water supply and sanitation. In 2023 the faction took over Shiva Sena by the decision of Election Commission of India (ECI).[6][1]

  1. ^ a b "मराठा चेहरा मुख्यमंत्री होण्यासाठीच मी गद्दारी केली : मंत्री गुलाबराव पाटील". 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Sanjay Jog (5 January 2020). "Uddhav Thackeray allocates portfolios to his ministers, here is the complete list". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ PTI (9 January 2020). "Uddhav Thackeray Appoints 36 District Guardian Ministers, Aaditya Gets Mumbai Suburban". News 18. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Erandol Assembly Election results".
  5. ^ "Jalgaon News". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  6. ^ The Times of India https://web.archive.org/web/20230221084025/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/shiv-sena-symbol-row-uddhav-thackeray-calls-for-dissolution-of-election-commission/articleshow/98090961.cms. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)