Gulab Raghunath Patil

Gulab Raghunath Patil (born 5 June 1966) is a politician and incumbent Water supply and Sanitation minister of the Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), the state's lower house representing rural Jalgaon constituency. He is a member of Shiv Sena party.

Gulab Raghunath Patil
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
14 August 2022
Minister
  • Water Supply
  • Sanitation
Governor
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Deputy CMDevendra Fadnavis
Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by

Additional charge
(Water Supply Ministry)

  • Anil Parab

Additional charge
(Sanitation Ministry)

Additional charge
(Jalgaon District)
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019  27 June 2022
Minister
  • Water Supply
  • Sanitation
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Additional charge
(Water Supply Ministry)

Additional charge
(Sanitation Ministry)

Additional charge
(Jalgaon District)
Minister of State
Government of Maharashtra
In office
07 June 2016  08 November 2019
Minister
  • Co-operation Ministry
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister
  • Parbhani District
Succeeded byVishwajeet Kadam
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
(2014-2019),(2019-
Preceded byGulabrao Baburao Deokar
ConstituencyJalgaon Rural
In office
(1999-2004),(2004  2009)
Preceded byMahendrasinh Dharamsinh Patil
Succeeded byChimanrao Patil
ConstituencyErandol
Personal details
Born (1966-06-05) 5 June 1966
At.Paldhi BK.,Tq.Dharangaon, Jalgaon district
Political partyShiv Sena
Other political
affiliations
Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023)
SpouseMayabai Patil
Children3

In 2019 he got elected in 14th legislative assembly. On 30 December 2019, he got appointed as Minister of Water supply and Sanitation in Eknath Shinde cabinet and also served as Guardian Minister of Jalgaon district. From 1999 to 2004 he represented Erandol constituency.

In 2022 Gulab Patil resigned from minister post of Uddhav Thackeray's cabinet, left Shiv Sena and joined rebel leader Eknath Shinde during political crisis. Shinde with his more than 40 MLAs demanded break of alliance from Nationalist Congress Party–Indian National Congress and demanded Uddhav Thackeray to form government with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It caused split in the party, at the end Shinde formed government with latter and became CM and Patil appointed as minister of Water supply and sanitation. In 2023 the faction took over Shiva Sena by the decision of Election Commission of India (ECI).

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