Suryakanta Patil

The Honorable
Suryakanta Patil
The Honorable Suryakanta Patil
सुर्यकांता पाटील
Minister of State, for Rural Development, Food Processing & Parliamentary Affairs
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	M. Venkaiah Naidu
Succeeded by	Agatha Sangma(Rural Development); Tariq Anwar (Food Processing)
Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha & 14th Lok Sabha
	In office; 1998-99 & 2004-09
Preceded by	Shivaji Mane
Succeeded by	Rajiv Satav
Constituency	Hingoli
Member of Parliament, 10th Lok Sabha
	In office; 1991–1996
Preceded by	Venkatesh Kabde
Succeeded by	Gangadharrao Deshmukh-Kunturkar
Constituency	Nanded
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 1986–91
Succeeded by	Rajni Patil
Constituency	Maharashtra
Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra
	In office; 1980–85
Preceded by	Nivruttirao Pawar-Jawalgaonkar
Succeeded by	Bapurao Shinde
Constituency	Hadgaon-Himayatnagar
Personal details
Born	Suryakanta Jayawantrao Patil; 15 August 1948 (age 75); Yeotmal, Maharashtra
Political party	BJP
Spouse	R. B. Maske
Children	1 Son and 1 Daughter
Residence(s)	Bhagya Nagar, Nanded
Portfolio	Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs
	As of 16 September, 2006Source: [1]

Suryakanta Patil (born 15 August 1948) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Hingoli & Nanded constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Later in 2014, resigned from party and joined Bhartiya Janata Party along with Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar.^[1]

She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Place of Birth: Waiphana, Nanded, Maharashtra. Marital Status: Married on 2 January 1966.

As Journalist[edit]

Editor, Godawari Times – a daily in Marathi
President- District Journalist Association (associated with Akhil Bhartiya Patrakar Parishad) since 1980.
Journalist-Editor Literacy Artistic and Scientific Accomplishment

Political career[edit]

Corporator, Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation

Within Party[edit]

1971: President-District Congress Committee (women's Wing), Nanded.

1972–74: General Secretary-District Youth Congress

1977–78: Founder- Member D.C.C. (India) Nanded

1980: Member- Municipal Council Nanded

1980–85: Member- Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Hadgaon)

1981–82: Chairperson- Committee of Subordinate Legislation

1981–85: General Secretary- Pradesh Youth Congress (I), Maharashtra

1991–96: Executive Member-CPP Congress Parliamentary Party (I)

1997–98: Vice President- Pradesh Congress Committee

In Legislature[edit]

1986–91: MP-(Rajya Sabha) elected from Maharashtra from Indian National Congress party.^[2]

1988–89: Member- Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals

1988–90: Member,Committee of Rules

Member of Hindi Salahakar Samity, Ministry of steel and mines and Ministry of Water Resources
Member- Central Advisory Committee for Light House, Ministry of Surface Transport

1991: Elected to 10th Loksabha from Nanded Loksabha constituency

1998: Re-elected on 12th Loksabha (2nd term)

1998–99: Member Committee of Defense and its Sub-Committee-I Member Joint Committee of Empowerment of women and its Sub Committee on Appraisal of laws relating to women -Criminal Laws

1999–2004: Vice Chairperson- of Maharashtra Council of Agriculture Education and Research (MCAER), Pune

2004–2009 – MP & Minister of state in Ministry of Rural Development from NCP Quota.

Special interest[edit]

Solving problems of women, Labour Movements, rural Development and Upliftment of poor and downtrodden

Favorite Pastime Recreation: Reading, listening to music and enjoying nature

Sports and Clubs: Swimming, shooting and table-tennis

Political and social worker, Trade Unionist

Countries Visited[edit]

Japan, U.S.A., China, Egypt, U.K., Germany, New Zealand, U.A.E, Guatemala, Nicaragua.

Other Information[edit]

Imprisoned thrice during Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission.

Member Consultative Committee Ministry of Environment and Forest
Chairperson- Education Committee of Municipal Council, Nanded.
Chairperson: Mahila Udyog Vikas Santha since its formation in 1977–78
Founding President: Multipurpose Labour Union, Nanded
President: Hutatma Jaywantrao Patil Cooperative Sugar Factory, Suryanagar Tq. Hadgaon Dist. Nanded
Director-District Nanded Cooperative Consumer Federation since 1988;
Director: Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank, Mumbai.

References[edit]

^ "Ahead of polls, NCP sees exodus of leaders to Shiv Sena, BJP". First Post. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^ "Rajya Sabha members". Retrieved 31 December 2009.

External links[edit]

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

[FirstPost-1] "Ahead of polls, NCP sees exodus of leaders to Shiv Sena, BJP". First Post. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

[2] "Rajya Sabha members". Retrieved 31 December 2009.

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