Chandrakant Bacchu Patil

Chandrakant Patil (born 10 June 1959) is an Indian politician who is State President BJP Maharashtra.He was the Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra up to 12 November 2019. He was responsible for Revenue and Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings). A prominent member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was a Guardian Minister for Kolhapur & Pune district and also appointed as the President of Maharashtra BJP.

Fondly known as Dada Patil, he was born to a Maratha family on 10 June 1959. His father, Bacchu Patil, used to serve tea to mill workers. He spent his childhood days in the Prabhudas chawl in Mumbai. He received his initial schooling from the Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya (formerly known as King George High School), Dadar. He graduated from the Siddharth College (Fort) in 1985.

He was introduced to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the age of 18. In 1980, he started working as a full-time activist for the ABVP. In 1982, he was appointed as the 'Pradesh Mantri'.In 1985, Patil was elected as 'Kshetriya Sangathan Mantri' of the ABVP where he focused on the problems of the youth and student issues. During 1990, Dada Patil was elected as the Akhil Bharatiya Mantri of ABVP. At this time, he travelled to different districts of India to make people aware of social issues and addressed problems related to the education sector and the youth. I 2004, that he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as its Vice President in 2013. In June 2014, he was appointed as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation and Public Works department. He is currently not a minister.