Pramod Ratan Patil
Pramod Ratan Patil (born 26 September 1973), popularly known as Raju Patil, is an Indian politician and leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the Kalyan-Dombivli region. He is a supporter of MNS Chief Raj Thackeray. He played a major role in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) election in 2010 where the MNS won 29 seats. He was a Member of Thane Zilha Parishad from 2009 to 2012. In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election he was elected to the Kalyan Rural seat.[1] Early lifeHis father, Ratanbuva Patil, was a senior Labour leader in Premier Company.[clarification needed] His elder brother Ramesh was a member of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee until 2009 when he switched allegiance to MNS, convincing Raju to join him in active politics.[citation needed] His brother resigned as a member of Thane ZP and contested the Vidhansabha election from Kalyan Rural constituency from MNS. Raju contested the same Thane Zilha Parishad seat and was elected unopposed.[citation needed] Political lifeThane Zilha Parishad Member, Raj Thackeray appointed Patil as secretary of the MNS Labour union.[2] After the success of the KDMC election the party gave him Marathwada Samparkpramukh responsibility.[3] References
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