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 Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

party. 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 and also served as ''Guardian Minister'' of Jalgaon district. From 1999 to 2004 he represented Erandol constituency. In 2022 Gulab Patil resigned from minister post of Uddhav Thackeray's

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, left Shiv Sena and joined rebel leader

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during

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. Shinde with his more than 40 MLAs demanded break of alliance from

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–

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and demanded Uddhav Thackeray form government with

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(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

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(ECI).

Positions held

* 1999: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2009: Deputy Leader,

* 2014: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) * 2015: Aashwasan Samiti Pramukh Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal * 2016 - 2019: Minister of State for Co-operation in Maharashtra State Government * 2016 - 2019: Guardian minister of Parbhani (Maharashtra State) * 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) *2019: Cabinet Minister of Water Supply & Sanitation in Maharashtra State Government. * 2020: Appointed guardian minister of Jalgaon district

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Shivsena Home Page
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Positions held

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