Pramod Ratan Patil

Pramod Ratan Patil (born 26 September 1973), popularly known as Raju Patil, is an Indian politician and leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the Kalyan-Dombivli region. He is a supporter of MNS Chief Raj Thackeray. He played a major role in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) election in 2010 where the MNS won 29 seats. He was a Member of Thane Zilha Parishad from 2009 to 2012. In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election he was elected to the Kalyan Rural seat.^[1]

Pramod Ratan Patil
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 21 October 2019 – 23 November 2024
Preceded by	Subhash Bhoir
Succeeded by	Rajesh More
Constituency	Kalyan Rural
Leader of Legislative Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 1 December 2019 – 23 November 2024
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Speaker	Rahul Narwekar
General Secretary Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Leader	Raj Thackeray
Personal details
Born	(1973-09-26) 26 September 1973 (age 51) India
Political party	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Spouse	Yogita Patil
Children	1
Occupation	Businessman

Early life

His father, Ratanbuva Patil, was a senior Labour leader in Premier Company.^{[clarification needed]} His elder brother Ramesh was a member of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee until 2009 when he switched allegiance to MNS, convincing Raju to join him in active politics.^{[citation needed]} His brother resigned as a member of Thane ZP and contested the Vidhansabha election from Kalyan Rural constituency from MNS. Raju contested the same Thane Zilha Parishad seat and was elected unopposed.^{[citation needed]}

Political life

Thane Zilha Parishad Member, Raj Thackeray appointed Patil as secretary of the MNS Labour union.^[2] After the success of the KDMC election the party gave him Marathwada Samparkpramukh responsibility.^[3]