Suryakanta Patil
Suryakanta Patil (born 15 August 1948) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is a former member of the Lok Sabha. She represented the Hingoli & Nanded of Maharashtra. She was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. 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
Political career
Within Party1971: 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 Legislature1986–91: 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
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 interestSolving 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 VisitedJapan, U.S.A., China, Egypt, U.K., Germany, New Zealand, U.A.E, Guatemala, Nicaragua. Other InformationImprisoned thrice during Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission.
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