Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil

Babasaheb Mohanrao Jadhav (Patil) (born 5 December 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Ahmedpur Assembly constituency in Latur District. He won the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party.^[1][2]

Babasaheb Jadhav-Patil
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2024
Minister	Co-operation
Governor	C. P. Radhakrishnan
Cabinet	Third Fadnavis ministry
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM	Eknath Shinde Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	NA
Preceded by	Dilip Walse Patil
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 2019
Preceded by	Vinayakrao Jadhav
Constituency	Ahmedpur
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Babruwan Khandade
Succeeded by	Vinayak Kishanrao Jadhav
Constituency	Ahmedpur
Personal details
Born	Shirur (Taj)
Political party	Congress, RSP, Nationalist Congress Party
Alma mater	B.A.
Profession	Politician

Early life and education

Jadhav is from Shirur (Taj.), Ahmedpur, Latur District, Maharashtra. His father Mohanrao Kishanrao Jadhav is a farmer. He completed his BA in 2000 at Swami Vivekanand College, Shirur Tajband, Ahmedpur, which is affiliated with Swami Ramanand Tirth Marathwada University, Nanded.^[3]

Career

Jadhav won the Ahmedpur Assembly constituency representing the Nationalist Congress Party in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 84,636 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vinayakrao Kishanrao Jadhav Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 29,191 votes.^[4][5] He first became an MLA winning the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. In 2009, he polled 69,460 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Vinayakrao Kishanrao Jadhav Patil of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 2,252 votes. ^[6]