Balasaheb Vikhe Patil

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Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
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Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Government of India
In office
1 July 2002 –24 May 2003
Residence Ahmednagar

Eknathrao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (10 April 1932 – 30 December 2016) was an Indian politician and former Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises & Minister of state of Finance in Government of India. He served as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha variously representing Kopargaon & Ahmednagar. [1] He was a member of the Indian National Congress but later joined Shivsena. He was appointed Pro-tem Speaker of 14th Lok Sabha.

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Political career

He was a prominent political leader in Maharashtra. He was a Minister in the Third Vajpayee Ministry. He served seven terms as a Lok Sabha MP representing Kopargaon and Ahmednagar. He won his Lok Sabha seat in 1998 as a candidate for Shiv Sena. As a supporter of the NDA government he was appointed Minister of State in Ministry of Finance (India) and later on appointed Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in the Government of India. He rejoined the Indian National Congress in 2004. [2]

Early life

He was the eldest son of Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, who started Asia's first Co-operative sugar factory at Loni in Maharashtra.

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References

  1. ↑ "Former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil died aged 84".
  2. ↑ "Former Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil dies at 84". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Former Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil got Padma Bhushan for social work Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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