Nana Patole
Birth nameNanabhau Falgunrao Patole
Birth date5 June 1963 (age 63)
Birth placeBhandara, Maharashtra, India
Office24th President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
Term start5 February 2021
Term end13 February 2025
1blanknameAICC President
1namedataSonia Gandhi
Mallikarjun Kharge
PredecessorBalasaheb Thorat
SuccessorHarshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal
Office 115th Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Term start 12 December 2019
Term end 14 February 2021
Deputy 1Zirwal Narhari Sitaram
Governor 1Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Predecessor 1Haribhau Bagade
Successor 1Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (acting)
Rahul Narwekar
Office 2Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Term start 221 October 2019
Constituency 2Sakoli
Predecessor 2Rajesh Lahanu Kashiwar
Term start 327 November 2009
Term end 319 October 2014
Predecessor 3Sevakbhau Nirdhanji Waghaye (Patil)
Successor 3Rajesh Lahanu Kashiwar
Constituency 3Sakoli
Term start 41999
Term end 42009
Predecessor 4Kapgate Dayaram Maroti
Successor 4Constituency abolished
Constituency 4Lakhandur
Office 5Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term start 519 May 2014
Term end 531 May 2018
Constituency 5Bhandara–Gondiya, Maharashtra
Predecessor 5Praful Patel
Successor 5Madhukar Kukde
OccupationPolitician
Party
Other party
SpouseMangla Patole (m. 1991)
Sourcehttp://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4895&lastls=16

Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress Party and a former President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 2021 till 2025.[1][2][3]

Early life

Nana Patole was born on June 5, 1963, in Gondia, Maharashtra to Falgunrao Patole and Mirabai Patole.[4] His father worked as an agricultural officer, while his mother was a housewife. Patole completed his primary education in Sakoli and pursued his secondary and higher secondary education in schools in Gondia and Chandrapur.[5][6] He completed his college education BA from Manoharbhai Patel College (MBPC) in Sakoli, Maharashtra.[7][1]

He focused on the issues faced by farmers and marginalized communities. In response to the government's Forest-Land Act, Patole organized an anti-encroachment march on September 5, 2022 and was detained and later went on hunger strike in jail to seek justice.[8][9] Later government suspended the encroachment removal program.[9][10][11][12]

He takes the credit on completion of Durgabai Doh dam project on the Chulband River, which began in 1995 and was finished in 2015, providing irrigation to 9,634 hectares of farmland and benefiting multiple villages.[13]

Political career

As a member of Indian National Congress party, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lakhandur Assembly constituency after delimitation he served as member of Sakoli from 2009. He also held the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for a short term. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he contested as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency and secured victory, defeating then Union Minister Praful Patel of Nationalist Congress Party by a margin of 149,254 votes.[14] In 2018, Patole resigned from his Lok Sabha membership by submitting his resignation letter to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and subsequently rejoined the Indian National Congress.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Positions held

  • 1990 : Bhandara Zilla Parishad Member from Sangadi Zilla Parishad Constituency, Bhandara district.
  • 1998 – 1999 - Patole was elected as an MLA from Lakhandur Assembly Constituency.
  • 2004 – Elected as an MLA for the second time.
  • 2008 - Patole resigned from the Congress Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • 2014 - He was elected as MP in 16- Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha Constituency.
  • 2014 - He was a member of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests.
  • 2015 to 2017 - Member of the Railway Convention Committee (RCC) and a member of the Advisory Committee in the Ministry of Agriculture.
  • 2017 - He resigned from Lok Sabha Membership and Bharatiya Janata Party due to controversy over issues of farmers and other backward classes.
  • 2018 – He was appointed President of all India Kisan Congress.[22]
  • 2019- He was promoted to the post of Assembly Speaker.
  • 2021- appointed the President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.[23][24]
  • 2024- Elected as an MLA[25][26]

References

  1. ^ "Not Just An Idea, But A Movement: Nana Patole". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  2. ^ "BJP MP Nana Patole quits Lok Sabha, to work for Congress" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2017-12-08. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  3. ^ PTI (2021-02-05). "Nana Patole appointed Maharashtra Congress president" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Of Shivaji, Shahu, Phule, And Ambedkar: Nana Patole". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  5. ^ "Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- NAGPUR(MAHARASHTRA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  6. ^ Phukan, Sandeep (2024-08-10). "Congress to launch its Maharashtra Assembly campaign on August 20, Rajiv Gandhi's 80th birth anniversary" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  7. ^ "Nana Patole's journey from Zilla Parishad to Lok Sabha in 27 years". The Times of India. 2017-12-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  8. ^ "Patole says no forest land to FDCM in Bhandara, Gondia". The Times of India. 2015-07-22. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  9. ^ "The Legacy Of Farmer Welfare". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  10. ^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/cong-stages-protests-against-farm-laws-in-maha-warns-of-intensifying-agitation-101616762317666.html
  11. ^ "Patole speaks on who will be MVA CM candidate". The Times of India. 2024-08-15. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  12. ^ "Modi government doing favouritism, not giving enough funds to Maharashtra: Nana Patole". The Economic Times. 2021-09-29. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  13. ^ "A New Development Model for East Vidarbha: Nana Patole". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  14. ^ https://www.livemint.com/Politics/sAXH8FX0Eghazgt9roPxZJ/Maharashtra-bypoll-a-big-challenge-for-all-four-major-partie.html
  15. ^ "Newsmaker | Nana Patole, the Maharashtra Congress chief who has irked Uddhav Sena as MVA deadlock continues". The Indian Express. 2024-10-20. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  16. ^ "AICC Departments and Cells: Indian National Congress - Congress Party Official website". 2019-02-26. Archived 26 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
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  19. ^ "Profile on MyNeta Site"
  20. ^ "Mumbai: Former BJP MP Nana Patole joins Congress". India Today. 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  21. ^ 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"
  22. ^ "AICC Departments and Cells: Indian National Congress - Congress Party Official website". www.inc.in. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26.
  23. ^ "Nana Patole appointed Maharashtra Congress president". TOI. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  24. ^ India Today (25 November 2024). "Nana Patole resigns as Maharashtra Congress chief after poll defeat". Archived 26 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  25. ^ Hindustantimes (24 November 2024). "Maharashtra results: Nana Patole wins by 208 votes; several MVA stalwarts lose". Archived 24 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  26. ^ Hindustantimes (23 November 2024). "Lowest win margins in Maharashtra, one candidate won by just 162 votes". Archived 28 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 November 2024.