Kapil Patil (Lok Bharati)

Kapil Harishchandra Patil is an Indian politician and member of Indian National Congress. He was Founder and President of the Samajwadi Ganarajya Party till October 2024. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Mumbai Teachers constituency from June 2006 to July 2024.^[1][2][3]

Kapil Harishchandra Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
In office (2006-2012), (2012-2018), (2018 – 2024)
Preceded by	Himself
Constituency	Mumbai Teacher's constituency
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress (INC) (2024 – present)
Other political affiliations	Samajwadi Ganarajya Party (SGP) (2024) Janata Dal (United) (JDU) (2016-2024)

Earlier he was appointed as JD (U) national general secretary in 2022^[4] and JD (U) in-charge of Gujarat & Goa.^[5]

Political career

He was the founder of the political party Lok Bharati. In 2017, Lok Bharati merged with Janata Dal (United). But when the split occurred in JD(U), he had stood with Sharad Yadav. For the MLC polls in 2018, he filed nomination as a Lok Bharati candidate and won.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Political career

On 3 March 2024, Kapil Patil resigned as Primary Member and National General Secretary of Janata Dal (United) (JDU) as he opposed Janata Dal (United) joining National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He launched his party named Samajwadi Ganarajya Party (SGP) on 3 March 2024 in Dharavi in presence of Former Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray and Former Schooling Education Minister of Maharashtra Varsha Gaikwad.^[11]

On 20 October 2024, Kapil Patil merged his Samajwadi Ganarajya Party into Congress Party In Present of All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge, Maharashtra Congress Election In-Charge, Ramesh Chennithala & Former Schooling Education Minister of Maharashtra, Varsha Gaikwad^[12]