Nana Bhau Patole
28th President of Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
5 February 2021
National President Indian National CongressSonia Gandhi
Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded byBalasaheb Thorat
18th Speaker of the House
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2 December 2019 – 4 February 2021
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
DeputyZirwal Narhari Sitaram
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Leader of the HouseUddhav Thackeray
Preceded byHaribhau Bagade
Succeeded byZirwal Narhari Sitaram (Acting)
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
21 October 2019 -
Preceded byRajesh Lahanu Kashiwar
ConstituencySakoli
In office
27 November 2009 – 19 October 2014
Preceded bySevakbhau Nirdhanji Waghaye (Patil)
Succeeded byRajesh Lahanu Kashiwar
ConstituencySakoli
In office
(1999-2004),(2004 – 2009)
Preceded byKapgate Dayaram Maroti
ConstituencyLakhandur Assembly Constituency
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office
19 May 2014 – 31 May 2018
Preceded byPraful Patel
Succeeded byMadhukar Kukde
ConstituencyBhandara–Gondiya
Personal details
Born (1963-06-05) 5 June 1963 (age 60)
Bhandara, Maharashtra, India
Political partyINC (2018–Present, Till 2008)
Other political
affiliations		BJP (2009–2018)
SpouseMangla Patole
Children2 Daughters & a Son
Residence(s)Sukli, Sakoli, Bhandara, Maharashtra, India
EducationPost Graduate
OccupationMaharashtra Politician
ProfessionPolitician
Source: [2]

Nana Falgunrao Patole (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian politician who is the current President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 5 February 2021. He was the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly before this appointment.

A former Member of the Parliament of India[1] (the 16th Lok Sabha), he represented the BJP.[2] He represented the Bhandara-Gondiya in Lok Sabha.[3] In 2017, he resigned from BJP and the Lok Sabha. On 11 January 2018. he rejoined Congress party.[4][5]

Political career

In the 2014 Lok sabha elections, he contested the constituency as the BJP/NDA candidate and won. He defeated then Union minister Praful Patel by 149,254 votes.[6] He was also Member of the Legislative Assembly for Sakoli from 2009 to 2014. He fights for OBC and was the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[7] Patole has resigned from his Loksabha Membership by submitting his resignation letter to Loksabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajen due to BJP's double standards onfarmers policies. After then he rejoins indian national congress. Congress party selected him as a national chairman of All India Kisan Congress.[8]

Positions held

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha Members". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile on MyNeta Site".
  4. ^ "Mumbai: Former BJP MP Nana Patole joins Congress". India Today. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. ^ Congress (11 January 2018). "Congress President Rahul Gandhi warmly welcomes Mr Nana Patole, Ex-MP from BJP, to the Congress family.pic.twitter.com/LZpHtlBS6Q".
  6. ^ "bharatchannels.com". www.bharatchannels.com.
  7. ^ "Profile on BJP Web page".
  8. ^ "AICC Departments and Cells: Indian National Congress - Congress Party Official website". www.inc.in. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ "AICC Departments and Cells: Indian National Congress - Congress Party Official website". www.inc.in. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Nana Patole appointed Maharashtra Congress president". TOI. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
Lok Sabha Preceded byPraful Patel Member of Parliamentfor Bhandara–Gondiya 2014–2018 Succeeded byMadhukar Kukde
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