Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (born 8 September 1973) is an Indian member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He is son of former Loksabha member Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil and also grandson of former chief minister of Maharashtra

Vasantdada Patil Vasantrao Banduji Patil (13 November 1917 – 1 March 1989) was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics. Patil served as Chief Ministe ...

. He represented the

Sangli Sangli (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Sāṁgalī''; ) is a metropolitan town and the headquarters of Sangli District in Maharashtra, in south-western India. It has earned the nickname "Turmeric City of India" for being the hub of the Asia's largest produ ...

constituency of

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

and is a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC) political party. He held a position in the Indian Union Government as the Union Minister of State for Coal. He was Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in the

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jaw ...

Cabinet in UPA II when

Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 De ...

was the Cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He was the Minister of State for Youth Affairs an Sports in the

Cabinet in UPA II when

Ajay Maken Ajay Maken (born 12 January 1964) is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is the treasurer of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). A three time member of the Parliament ...

was heading the ministry. He was also a member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (2 June 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National ...

from Sangli, Maharashtra after he won the bypoll held due to death of his father, Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil. In 2019 he resigned from the

Party and declared that he is quitting politics. He further concentrated on social activities under the organisation in name of his grandfather

. He also declared that from then onwards his younger brother Vishal Patil would represent the

family in politics. Since 2019 he took a backstage giving the torch to his younger brother, who contested the

Lok Sabha Constituency elections in 2019. In 2024 when the Lok Sabha seat of

went to

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 ...

UBT in the

Maha Vikas Aghadi The Maha Vikas Aghadi (; abbreviated as MVA), is a state-level political alliance of Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the two major political alliances in M ...

, Vishal Patil was forced to contest as Independent candidate and he was the one who took the elections in his hands and helped Vishal Patil gain support of VBA chief

Prakash Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi, Vanchit Bahujan Agadi. He is a three-time M ...

and other leaders within the district across parties.

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Living people People from Sangli district India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2004–2009 Marathi politicians Union ministers from Maharashtra 1973 births Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub