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Dhairyashil Patil

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Dhairyashil Patil
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
from Maharashtra
Assumed office
28 August 2024
Preceded byUdayanraje Bhosale
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2019
Preceded byRavisheth Patil
Succeeded byRavisheth Patil
ConstituencyPen
Personal details
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Pen, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Peasants and Workers Party of India (until 2023)
Residence(s)Pen
New Delhi
Alma materBharati Vidyapeeth
University of Bombay
OccupationPolitician, businessman
ProfessionFarmer, renter

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]

Early life and education

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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

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Like his father, Patil joined Peasants and Workers Party of India and contested in 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 switched from Congress to Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in December 2023. He was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in a bye-election in August 2024.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "BJP names Dhairyasheel Patil as candidate for RS seat". The Indian Express. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ PTI (24 July 2014). "Former Maharashtra Minister Mohan Patil Passes Away". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Dhairyashil Mohan Patil(Peasants And Workers Party of India):Constituency- PEN(RAIGAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "BJP picks ex-PWP MLA Dhairyashil Patil for RS polls". The Times of India. 20 August 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ "BJP welcomes 'young & dynamic' Dhairyashil Patil, MLA could be LS candidate from Raigad". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ "BJP nominates Dhairyasheel Patil for RS polls, NCP likely to field Nitin Patil". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ PTI (21 August 2024). "BJP and NCP candidates file nominations for two Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 September 2024.