Harshvardhan Shahajirao Patil (born 21 August 1963), is an Indian politician from

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra with a recognised state party status in Nagaland and Kerala. The party has its presence in legislative assemblies of M ...

from

Indapur Indapur is a town and a municipal council in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Indapur is known for Jahagir of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's father and grandfather. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's grandfather Malojiraje died in ...

, near Pune in Maharashtra. He quit

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in September 2019 after a long association with it. He was one of the few ministers who was presiding as a minister for four consecutive terms (1995-2014) in

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. He has shouldered responsibilities of Cooperative Ministry and currently Legislative Affairs. He is known for cordial relations with all party members. He was a minister from 1995 to 2014. He was elected MLA as an independent in 1995, 1999, 2004. In 2009 he was elected MLA as an

candidate. He was appointed co-operation and parliamentary affairs minister in Chief minister

Prithviraj Chavan Prithviraj Chavan (; born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2010 to 2014. Chavan is a graduate of BITS Pilani and University of California, Berkel ...

's ministry. There are tussles seen for control over

between

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and

under his leadership. In August 2014, he was attacked by few activists who hurled ink at him injuring his left eye. He was immediately taken to

Baramati Baramati (Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɾamət̪iː is a city, a tehsil and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is about 100 km (62 miles) southeast of the city of Pune and about 250 km from M ...

for primarily treatment. A few months later, in October 2014

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Election, he was defeated from

constituency by

candidate

Dattatray Vithoba Bharne Dattatray Vithoba Bharane is an Indian politician. He served as Minister of State in Government of Maharashtra in Thackeray Ministry. He was also Guardian Minister of Solapur District. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Indap ...

by margin of 14,173 votes.Narayan Rane, Harshwardhan Patil among 14 former ministers who lost poll battle
/ref> He is the nephew of Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, the former MP.

External links

* http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/Maharashtra/mpa.htm * http://www.deccanherald.com/content/114159/maha-portfolios-patil-retains-home.html

References

Living people 1963 births Politicians from Pune Maharashtra MLAs 1995–1999 Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004 Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Marathi politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub