Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Minister of Revenue
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
9 August 2022
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Preceded byBalasaheb Thorat
Minister of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
9 August 2022
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Preceded bySunil Kedar
Minister of Housing
Government of Maharashtra
In office
16 June 2019 – 8 November 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byPrakash Mehta
Succeeded byJitendra Awhad
Leader of the Opposition
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
23 December 2014 – 4 June 2019
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Preceded byEknath Shinde
Succeeded byVijay Wadettiwar
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
In office
19 November 2010 – 28 September 2014
Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan
Preceded byBalasaheb Thorat
Succeeded byEknath Khadse
Minister of Transport
Government of Maharashtra
In office
7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Minister of Ports
Government of Maharashtra
In office
7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Minister of Law & Judiciary
Government of Maharashtra
In office
7 November 2009 – 9 November 2010
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
In office
8 December 2008 – 26 October 2009
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Minister of School Education
Government of Maharashtra
In office
8 December 2008 – 26 October 2009
Chief MinisterAshok Chavan
Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Earthquake Rehabilitation
Government of Maharashtra
In office
1995–1999
Chief MinisterManohar Joshi
Narayan Rane
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
1995
ConstituencyShirdi
Personal details
Born (1959-06-15) 15 June 1959 (age 65)
Loni, Bombay State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (Since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1999-2019) Shiv Sena (1995-1999)
SpouseShalini Vikhe Patil
ChildrenSujay Vikhe Patil (son)
ParentBalasaheb Vikhe Patil (father)
EducationSanjivani college of Engineering, Kopargaon


Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician in his seventh 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 :

  1. Minister of Revenue in the Eknath Shinde ministry (2022–Present)
  2. Minister of Housing in the First Fadnavis ministry (2019 - 2019)
  3. Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (2014 - 2019)
  4. Minister of Agriculture, Food & Drug Administration, Marathi Language, and Other Backward Classes in the Prithviraj Chavan ministry[3][4] (2010 - 2014)
  5. Minister of Transport, Ports, and Law & Judiciary in the Second Ashok Chavan ministry (2009 - 2010)
  6. Minister of School Education in the First Ashok Chavan ministry (2008 - 2009)
  7. 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. In the Loksabha election of 2019, his son Sujay got elected to the Loksabha for the BJP from the Ahmednagar constituency.

  1. ^ "Maharashtra Oppn wants SIT probe in irrigation scam". Business Standard. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Maharashtra Elections 2009 : Constituency-wise results" (PDF). Press Information Bureau. Government of India. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "New horticulture policy likely from next year: Minister". The Times of India. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.