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Dhairyashil Patil
Indian politician from Pen, Maharashtra From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dhairyashil Mohan Patil is an Indian politician who is serving as Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra since August 2024. Prior to that, he previously served as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Pen constituency between 2009 and 2019.[1]
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Early life and education
Patil was born on 1971 in Pen, Maharashtra. His father, Mohan Mahadev Patil, was the state minister of Maharashtra, leader of Peasants and Workers Party of India and had served as MLA from Pen for 24 years until 2004.[2]
He was a science student at a private High School in Pen, then he studied at University of Bombay. In 1991, he pursued a diploma of Civil Engineering in Bharati Vidyapeeth.[3]
Legislative career
Like his father, Patil joined Peasants and Workers Party of India and contested Pen seat in 2009 elections. He won by margin of 7,616 votes. He was re-elected in 2014.[4]
Patil later lost the seat in 2019 elections to his rival Ravisheth Patil by a margin of 24,085 votes, after later switching from Congress to Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in December 2023. He was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in a by-election in August 2024.[6][7][8]
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