Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar (born 27 December 1943) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,[4] who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), representing the Patan (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five terms since 1983 to 2014, winning 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1999 and 2009 elections.[5] He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.[6]

He served as the Minister of Public works in the cabinet of Vilasrao Deshmukh from 1999 to 2004.[7][8][9] In July 2004, he was given additional charge of Tourism Ministry in the Sushilkumar Shinde's cabinet.[10]

Background and family

Vikramsinh Patankar hails from Patan royal family, that participated in the establishment of Hindavi Swarajya.[11] He received a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Baroda in 1962.[12]

Career

He was first elected as an MLA, by winning a bye-election in 1983 from Patan,[13] and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in 1985 assembly election on the ticket of Indian Congress (Socialist). In 1990, he won the seat, securing 62647 votes for Indian National Congress.[5] He was re-elected in the 1995 assembly election by defeating nearest rival Shambhuraj Desai. In 1999, he successfully contested the election from the Sharad Pawar's newly formed party, Nationalist Congress Party.[5]

In 1999, he was assigned the ministry of Public works in the chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's cabinet.[7] In 2002, he was a Guardian Minister for Beed district of Maharashtra. He held additional charge of Maharashtra's Tourism Ministry in Sushilkumar Shinde's cabinet from July 2004 to November 2004.[10]

He played a major role in the upcoming New Mahabaleshwar project in Satara district.[14] During his tenure as PWD Minister, he worked on the completion of Mumbai Pune Expressway[15] and Bandra–Worli Sea Link.[16] He helped set up one of the largest wind farm in Asia in Patan taluka of Maharashtra.[17][18] Patankar also held the position of chairman of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.[19]

He lost the assembly election in 2004 by a small margin.[5] In 2009, Vikramsinh Patankar won the assembly election from Patan constituency by defeating the Shiv Sena's candidate by a margin of 580 votes.[20] Before being elected as an MLA, Vikramsinh Patankar was elected as a member of Zila Parishad (district council) from Satara district in 1972.[21]

Positions held

# From To Position Refs.
01 1972 1979 Member of Zila Parishad, Satara district [21]
02 1983 1985 Member of Legislative Assembly for Patan [5]
03 1985 1990
04 1990 1995
05 1995 1999
06 1999 2004
07 1999 2004 Minister of Tourism & PWD, Government of Maharashtra [7][10]
08 2009 2014 Member of Legislative Assembly for Patan [5]

References

  1. ^ "विक्रमसिंह पाटणकर यांचा आज नागरी सत्कार" (in Marathi). Pudhari. 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ A Ashar, Sandeep (4 October 2014). "In Satara, it's dynasty that decides". Indian Express.
  3. ^ "A water industry where only money flows". Telegraph India. 9 August 2012.
  4. ^ "विक्रमसिंह पाटणकरांवर लोकांची मोठी प्रेमभावना : शरद पवार" (in Marathi). Lokmat. 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Sitting and previous MLAs from Patan Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. ^ Joshi, Yogesh (9 November 2009). "Senior NCP leaders unhappy at being left out of Cabinet". Hindustan Times.
  7. ^ a b c "The Maharashtra Council of Ministers". Rediff.com. 31 October 1999.
  8. ^ Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (25 January 2003). "Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, Adik in Maharashtra ministry". Rediff.com.
  9. ^ "28 take oath as ministers in Maharashtra". Tribune India. 19 October 1999.
  10. ^ a b c "Shinde keeps revenue, gives energy to Kshirsagar". Zee News. 13 July 2004.
  11. ^ "पाटणकर घराण्याचा इतिहास अलौकिक – बाबासाहेब पुरंदरे" (in Marathi). Loksatta. 10 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Patankar Vikramsinha Ranjitsinha (Winner) - Election Result 2009". Myneta. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  13. ^ "पाटण तालुक्याला परिस सापडला" (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 1 August 2016.
  14. ^ "नवीन महाबळेश्वर प्रकल्प साकारणारच : पाटणकर" (in Marathi). Dainik Prabhat. 20 September 2019.
  15. ^ "State may levy toll on old Mumbai-Pune road". The Times of India. 17 May 2003.
  16. ^ "Bandra-Worli Link: MSRDC To Receive State Guarantee". The Financial Express. 13 August 2004.
  17. ^ "पवनचक्क्या उद्योगाला अखेरची घरघर" (in Marathi). Pudhari. 30 January 2019.
  18. ^ "भ्रष्टाचाराने बरबटलेल्या सरकारला पायउतार करण्याची वेळ : खा. शरद पवार" (in Marathi). Lokmanthan. 26 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Ex-DCP takes charge of expressway security". The Times of India. 9 October 2002.
  20. ^ "Patan Election Result 2014". News18. 5 December 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Vikramsinh Patankar's Career". Archived from the original on 1 August 2016.
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