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Chandrakant Raghunath Patil
Politician

Chandrakant Raghunath Patil

Union Minister of Jal Shakti · Bhartiya Janta Party · Politician

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Born16 Mar 1955
FromJalgaon, Bombay State, India (present-day Maharashtra)
OccupationPolitician
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Chandrakant Raghunath Patil

Overview

Chandrakant Raghunath Patil (born 16 March 1955), better known as C. R. Patil, is an Indian Politician who is serving as the 2nd Minister of Jal Shakti since 2024.[1][2] He is member of the current 18th Lok Sabha of India. Since 2020, he is also the President of BJP Gujarat State unit.[3][2][4] He is the first non-Gujarati to hold this position.[5][6] His name is also spelled C. R. Paatil at times.[5][7] He is a three-time Member of Parliament elected from Navsari in Gujarat.

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Career

He started as the BJP Treasurer, Surat City and then became the BJP Vice President, Surat City. In 1998, he was appointed as the Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), a state PSU by then Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel.[2][8][11]

His various positions held[4][9] during his journey are as follows:

Advisory Committee, Chief Minister of Gujarat[12]
Advisory Committee, Revenue Ministry, Government of Gujarat[12]
BJP Parliamentary Board, Gujarat State[13]
Electoral expertise
His electoral performance is considered with high regards as it was highest margin victory in 2014 and 2019.[14][15] In 2019, he won election with a record margin of 689,668 votes which was the second highest margin in electoral history.[4] In 2014, he was elected by a record margin of…

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Media

References

  1.  "C. R. Patil | PRSIndia". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "5 Points About CR Patil, 3-Time MP From Gujarat's Navsari Constituency". NDTV.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ "CR Patil appointed new BJP Gujarat chief". India Today. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b c d DeshGujarat (20 July 2020). "CR Patil is new President of Gujarat unit of BJP". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c Misra, Leena (4 September 2023). "gujarat-bjp-chief-c-r-paatil-if-we-get-a-single-seat-less-than-182". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b "Five Reasons Why Narendra Modi Picked C.R. Paatil as Gujarat BJP President". The Wire. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. ^ Jump up to:a b Phadnis, Aditi. "New Star On The Rise In BJP". Rediff. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f "About CR". CR PATIL. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  9. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "C. R. Patil| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Navsari MP, with Jalgaon roots, has highest vote margin in nation". DNA India. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  11. ^ "C R Patil, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  12. ^ Jump up to:a b "Gujarat: CR Paatil inducted into advisory committee headed by CM Rupani". The Indian Express. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  13. ^ àªŸà«€àª®, એબીપી અસ્મિતા વેબ (22 January 2021). "C.R. પાટીલે પાર્લામેન્ટરી બોર્ડમાં ભાજપના ક્યા ચાર દિગ્ગજોનાં પત્તાં કાપી નાખ્યાં ? ક્યા સાંસદની લાગી ગઈ લોટરી ?". gujarati.abplive.com (in Gujarati). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  14. ^ Hunani, Aslam; Narsale, Ashish. "Top 10 winning candidates and highest margins". Rediff. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  15. ^ "BJP's C R Patil wins by 6.89 lakh votes, biggest victory margin in 2019 Lok Sabha elections". Financialexpress. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Gujarat Election Result 2022 Highlights | BJP retains power for record 7th term; brand Modi shines". Moneycontrol. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Gujarat Election Result Highlights: BJP's historic win (156 seats), Cong routed". Hindustan Times. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  18. ^ "In a first, Navsari MP gets ISO certification for his office". The Indian Express. 12 February 2013.
  19. ^ "Gujarat CMO's system is ISO certified too". DNA India. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Compositions of Committees | Ministry OF Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India". mpa.gov.in. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  21. ^ admin@parliamentary (10 November 2022). "LS: 7 Standing Committees reconstituted: Vijay Sonkar will head Ethics and C. R. Patil will continue to head Housing Committee". parliamentaryaffairs. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  22.  "CR Patil and Rashmi Saboo join hands to empower girl children through Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana in Surat". PTINews.
  23. ^ "Gujarat conquered, all roads lead to Delhi: What's next for CR Patil, PM's man behind landslide win". The Print.
  24. ^ "C R Patil: tainted cop,bank defaulter,and now MP?". The Indian Express. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Glued yourself to BJP now; Apologise to party men upset with you: CR Patil to Dhavalsinh Zala". Deshgujarat.
  26. ^ "C R Patil gets bail in bank fraud case". The Times of India. 26 July 2003. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  27. ^ "C R Patil: tainted cop,bank defaulter,and now MP?". The Indian Express. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  28. ^ "mp-s-son-caught-drinking-at-public-place". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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