Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil (born 12 June 1944) is a politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for Madha in Maharashtra since the 2014 general election till the 2019 general election. He is member of Nationalist Congress Party.

Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 19 May 2019
Preceded by	Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by	Ranjit Naik-Nimbalkar
Constituency	Madha
6th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
In office 27 December 2003 – 19 October 2004
Governor	Mohammed Fazal
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Preceded by	Chhagan Bhujbal
Succeeded by	R R Patil
Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra
In office 9 November 2004 – 1 December 2008
Minister	Rural Development Tourism
Governor	Mohammed Fazal S. M. Krishna S. C. Jamir
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded by	-
Succeeded by	-
In office 19 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Public Works Department
Governor	P. C. Alexander Mohammed Fazal
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded by	Nitin Gadkari
Succeeded by	Chhagan Bhujbal
Member of Legislative Council Maharashtra
In office 4 May 2012 – 16 May 2014
Constituency	Nominated by Governor
Member of Legislative Assembly Maharashtra
In office 1980–2009
Preceded by	Shamrao Bhimrao patil
Succeeded by	Hanumant Dolas
Constituency	Malshiras
Personal details
Born	(1944-06-12) 12 June 1944 (age 80)
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)
Occupation	Politician

Prior to that he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was also a Minister for Public Works Department (PWD) and Tourism and Rural Development for over 25 years.^[1]

Political career

Mohite-Patil started his career as Sarpanch of Akluj in Solapur district.^[2] He served as President of Solapur Zila Parishad from 1971 to 1979, ^[3] and was MLA representing Malshiras from 1980 to 2009. In that time he established sugar factories, milk dairies and processing industries, poultry farms, schools, nursing, engineering and D.Ed College^[4] in Malshiras. On 25 December 2003 he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.^[5][6] He has served as a cabinet Minister of PWD, Tourism and Rural Development Ministry.

In the 2009 Maharashtra assembly elections, his constituency Malshiras became a Reserved Seat, forcing him to shift to the neighbouring Pandharpur seat. He was defeated in the elections that followed by Bharat Bhalke.^[7] NCP president Sharad Pawar eventually named him president of the Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation.^[8] In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he was elected as Member of Parliament from Madha constituency.

Positions held

• Akluj Gram Panchayat- Member, Sarpanch
• Solapur Zilla Parishad- Member, President (From 1971 to 1979)
• Minister of PWD
• Minister of Tourism
• Minister of Rural Development
• Chairman- Ethanol Manufacturers association of India.
• Chairman- Maharashtra Rajya Sakhar Sangh (State Sugar Cooperatives Federation)

• 1980-1985 - MLA, Independent (Malshiras)
• 1985-1990 - MLA, INC (Malshiras)
• 1990-1995 - MLA, INC (Malshiras)
• 1995-1999 - MLA, INC (Malshiras)
• 1999-2004 - MLA, NCP (Malshiras) DCM. (27 Dec 2003 – 19 Oct 2004)
• 2004-2009 - MLA, NCP (Malshiras)
• 2012-2014 - MLC, Nominated by Governor (4 May 2012 – 16 May 2014)
• 2014-2019 - MP – NCP (Madha) (2014 – 2019)
• 2024 - Director - National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited

Family

He and his wife Nandinidevi have a son Ranjitsinh and a daughter Renuka Karnik.

Vijaysinh's wedding in 1971 attracted a lot of controversy and criticism due to having Laksh Bhoj during a period of severe drought in Maharashtra.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Sundarrao Solanke-Patil
• Vilasrao Deshmukh
• Sharad Pawar
• Bharat Bhalke
• Hanumant Dolas