Gulab Raghunath Patil (born 5 June 1966) is a politician and incumbent Water supply and Sanitation minister of Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), the state's lower house representing rural Jalgaon constituency. He is a member of the Shiv Sena (2022-present) party.
In 2019 he got elected to the 14th legislative assembly. On 30 December 2019, he got appointed Minister of Water supply and Sanitation in Eknath Shinde's cabinet and also served as Guardian Minister of Jalgaon district. From 1999 to 2004 he represented Erandol constituency.
In 2022 Gulab Patil resigned from the minister's post of Uddhav Thackeray's cabinet, left Shiv Sena and joined rebel leader Eknath Shinde during a political crisis. Shinde with more than 40 MLAs demanded a break of alliance from the Nationalist Congress Party–Indian National Congress and demanded Uddhav Thackeray form a government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It caused a split in the party, with Shinde forming the government with the latter. Shinde became CM and Patil was appointed minister of Water supply and sanitation. In 2023 the faction took over Shiva Sena by the decision of Election Commission of India (ECI).
Positions held 1999: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2004: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2009: Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena 2014: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (3rd term) 2015: Aashwasan Samiti Pramukh Maharashtra Vidhan Mandal 2016 - 2019: Minister of State for Co-operation in Maharashtra State Government 2016 - 2019: Guardian minister of Parbhani (Maharashtra State) 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (4th term) 2019: Cabinet Minister of Water Supply & Sanitation in Maharashtra State Government. 2020: Appointed guardian minister of Jalgaon district 2024: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (5th term)
See also Uddhav Thackeray ministry Devendra Fadnavis ministry Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency
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External links Shivsena Home Page