C. R. Patil
Patil in Dec 2023
State President, Bharatiya Janata Party
Assumed office
20 July 2020
Preceded byJitu Vaghani
ConstituencyGujarat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyNavsari
Personal details
Born (1955-03-16) 16 March 1955
Jalgaon, Bombay State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Children4
Residence(s)Surat and New Delhi
Alma materITI
ProfessionPolitician, businessman and agriculturist
Websitecrpatil.com

Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, better known as C. R. Patil, is a three-time Member of Parliament elected from Navsari in Gujarat.[1][2] He is member of the current 17th Lok Sabha of India. Since 2020, he is also the President of BJP Gujarat State unit.[3][2][4] He is the first non-Gujarati to hold this position.[5][6] His name is also spelled C. R. Paatil at times.[5][7]

Early life and education

Patil was born in Pimpry Akaraut village in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra to Raghunath, a police constable, and Sarubai Patil on March 16, 1955.[8][9] The family had moved to Gujarat in 1951.[10] He received post-school technical training at ITI, Surat.[9] Like his father, he also worked as a Police Constable from 1975 in Gujarat Police and served for 14 years. He joined the BJP in 1989.[6] He started working for a Gujarati Daily named ‘Navgujarat Times’ in 1991 but delved into politics thereafter. He knows Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi and English languages.[8]

Political journey

He started as the BJP Treasurer, Surat City and then became the BJP Vice President, Surat City. In 1998, he was appointed as the Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), a state PSU by then Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel.[2][8][11]

His various positions held[4][9] during his journey are as follows:

  • Advisory Committee, Chief Minister of Gujarat[12]
  • Advisory Committee, Revenue Ministry, Government of Gujarat[12]
  • BJP Parliamentary Board, Gujarat State[13]
  • Chairman, Fund Samiti for Chhatrapati Shivaji Smarak Samiti, Surat
  • Chairman, Airport Advisory Committee
  • President for various trust and societies:
    • Shri Saraswati Education Society, Surat
    • Maharastrian Vikas Mandal, Surat
    • Renuka Mata Charitable Trust, Surat
    • Maratha Patil Samaj Mandal, Surat
    • South Gujarat Textile Processor Association, Surat
  • Vice-Chairman, Valsad Telecom District, Surat
  • Chairman, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (G.I.D.C.) (Government of Gujarat),
  • Chairman, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. Baroda (GACL) (Government of Gujarat)
  • Monitoring and Advisory Committee, District Rural Development
  • Vice-Chairman, Indo Republic Korea Friendship Group
  • In-charge, 8 Municipal Wards during the Municipal election since 2005
  • Member, Standing Co-ordination Committee, Agriculture and Co-operation Department, Gujarat
  • Chairman, Monitoring & Advisory Committee, District Rural (Village) Development Agency, Navsari
  • Vice-Chairman, Monitoring & Advisory Committee, District Rural (Village) Development Agency, Surat
  • Prabhari, Surat District, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Sah-Prabhari, Bihar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Managing Director, Eye Witness news channel

Electoral expertise

His electoral performance is considered with high regards as it was highest margin victory in 2014 and 2019.[14][15] In 2019, he won election with a record margin of 689,668 votes which was the second highest margin in electoral history.[4] In 2014, he was elected by a record margin of 5,58,116 votes, the third highest across entire India, the third-highest winner in the Lok Sabha in the whole country.[8]

Under his leadership, BJP won a seventh consecutive election with a record 156 of 182 seats, the most won by any political party in Gujarat's history.[16][17] Still, it was less than his bold claim of resigning even if they won single seat less than 182 seats out of 182 seats.[5]

Role as parliamentarian

In 2013, he became the first Indian Member of Parliament to obtain an ISO certification 9001: 2015 for quality management system in monitoring and administration of the government services for his constituency. This seems to be inspired from Chief Minister's Office, Gujarat which became the first CMO to obtain an ISO certification In January 2009.[18][19][4]

He has been member of various Committees as a Parliamentarian listed as follows:[8][2]

Parliamentary Committees
Period Committee
2022 Member, Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Petroleum and Natural Gas Committee[20]

2019 Chairperson, Housing Committee of the Lower House[21]
2019 Elected to the 17th Lok Sabha
2018 - 2019 Member, Committee on Government Assurances[22]
2015 - 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare
2014 - 2019 Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

2014 - 2015 Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development
2014 Elected to the 16th Lok Sabha
2010 Member, Standing Committee on Defence

Member, Consultative Committee on Food Processing Industries

2009 Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
2009 Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha

Navsari became India's first 'smokeless' district with zero usage of firewood or kerosene.[7] He has played a pivotal role in the development of Surat, including policy making for the textile and diamond industries, infrastructure development, or development of Surat airport into a fully functioning one with multiple flights giving air connectivity to the rest of India and initiation of International flights. His work at Chikhli village panchayat under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is replicated in PM Modi's Varanasi constituency. [23][24][25][26] During the second wave of COVID-19, Patil initiated Covid Care Centres across Gujarat which were set up by various BJP karyakartas.[27] [28][29] [4][30][31][7][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

Personal life

He is married to Smt. Ganga and has 4 children, one son[40] and three daughters.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "C. R. Patil | PRSIndia". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "5 Points About CR Patil, 3-Time MP From Gujarat's Navsari Constituency". NDTV.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "CR Patil appointed new BJP Gujarat chief". India Today. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 DeshGujarat (20 July 2020). "CR Patil is new President of Gujarat unit of BJP". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Misra, Leena (4 September 2023). "gujarat-bjp-chief-c-r-paatil-if-we-get-a-single-seat-less-than-182". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Five Reasons Why Narendra Modi Picked C.R. Paatil as Gujarat BJP President". The Wire. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Phadnis, Aditi. "New Star On The Rise In BJP". Rediff. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About CR". CR PATIL. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "C. R. Patil| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Navsari MP, with Jalgaon roots, has highest vote margin in nation". DNA India. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "C R Patil, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Gujarat: CR Paatil inducted into advisory committee headed by CM Rupani". The Indian Express. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  13. ↑ ટીમ, એબીપી અસ્મિતા વેબ (22 January 2021). "C.R. પાટીલે પાર્લામેન્ટરી બોર્ડમાં ભાજપના ક્યા ચાર દિગ્ગજોનાં પત્તાં કાપી નાખ્યાં ? ક્યા સાંસદની લાગી ગઈ લોટરી ?". gujarati.abplive.com (in Gujarati). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  14. ↑ Hunani, Aslam; Narsale, Ashish. "Top 10 winning candidates and highest margins". Rediff. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "BJP's C R Patil wins by 6.89 lakh votes, biggest victory margin in 2019 Lok Sabha elections". Financialexpress. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Gujarat Election Result 2022 Highlights | BJP retains power for record 7th term; brand Modi shines". Moneycontrol. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Gujarat Election Result Highlights: BJP's historic win (156 seats), Cong routed". Hindustan Times. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "In a first, Navsari MP gets ISO certification for his office". The Indian Express. 12 February 2013.
  19. ↑ "Gujarat CMO's system is ISO certified too". DNA India. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Compositions of Committees | Ministry OF Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India". mpa.gov.in. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  21. ↑ admin@parliamentary (10 November 2022). "LS: 7 Standing Committees reconstituted: Vijay Sonkar will head Ethics and C. R. Patil will continue to head Housing Committee". parliamentaryaffairs. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "16_Government_Assurances_96" (PDF). E parliament Library.
  23. ↑ "CR Patil and Rashmi Saboo join hands to empower girl children through Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana in Surat". PTINews.
  24. ↑ "Gujarat conquered, all roads lead to Delhi: What's next for CR Patil, PM's man behind landslide win". The Print.
  25. ↑ "C R Patil: tainted cop,bank defaulter,and now MP?". The Indian Express. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  26. ↑ "C R Paatil made LS house panel chief". The Times of India. 27 June 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  27. ↑ "Glued yourself to BJP now; Apologise to party men upset with you: CR Patil to Dhavalsinh Zala". Deshgujarat.
  28. ↑ "C R Patil gets bail in bank fraud case". The Times of India. 26 July 2003. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  29. ↑ "C R Patil: tainted cop,bank defaulter,and now MP?". The Indian Express. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  30. ↑ DeshGujarat (20 July 2020). "CR Patil is new President of Gujarat unit of BJP". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  31. ↑ "Ahmedabad News – Latest & Breaking Ahmedabad News". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  32. ↑ "CR Patil flags off 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign with spectacular 'Kalash Yatra'". Times of India.
  33. ↑ "Crucial to BJP's Gujarat success, Delhi may be C R Paatil's next challenge". Indian Express.
  34. ↑ "2024 Lok Sabha polls: Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil seeks 500,000-margin win for candidates in state". Economic Times.
  35. ↑ "CR Patil wants to win all 26 Gujarat LS seats by '5 lakh margin'. BJP betting big on page committees". The Print.
  36. ↑ "5 Points About CR Patil, 3-Time MP From Gujarat's Navsari Constituency". NDTV.
  37. ↑ "Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil launches 2024 poll campaign; aims at 'victory margin of 5 lakh votes' for each candidate". Indian Express.
  38. ↑ "CR Patil flags off 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign with spectacular 'Kalash Yatra'". Times of India.
  39. ↑ "CR Patil wants to win all 26 Gujarat LS seats by '5 lakh margin'. BJP betting big on page committees". The Print.
  40. ↑ "mp-s-son-caught-drinking-at-public-place". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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