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Dhairyashil Mohan Patil is an Indian politician who is serving as Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra since August 2024. Prior to that, he previously served as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for Pen constituency between 2009 and 2019.[1]
Dhairyashil Patil | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Udayanraje Bhosale |
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ravisheth Patil |
| Succeeded by | Ravisheth Patil |
| Constituency | Pen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Pen, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Peasants and Workers Party of India (until 2023) |
| Residence(s) | Pen New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Bharati Vidyapeeth University of Bombay |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
| Profession | Farmer, renter |
Patil was born on 1971 in Pen, Maharashtra. His father, Mohan Mahadev Patil, was the state minister of Maharashtra, leader of Peasants and Workers Party of India and had served as MLA from Pen for 24 years until 2004.[2]
He was a science student at a private High School in Pen, then he studied at University of Bombay. In 1991, he pursued a diploma of Civil Engineering in Bharati Vidyapeeth.[3]
Like his father, Patil joined Peasants and Workers Party of India and contested in Pen seat in 2009 elections. He won by margin of 7,616 votes. He was re-elected in 2014.[4]
Patil later lost the seat in 2019 elections to his rival Ravisheth Patil by a margin of 24,085 votes, after later switched from Congress to Bharatiya Janata Party.[5] He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in December 2023. He was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in a bye-election in August 2024.[6][7]
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