C. R. Patil

Chandrakant Raghunath Patil is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Navsari constituency of Gujarat and is the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party,[2] Gujarat. In 2019, he won election with a record margin of 689,668 votes.[1]

Chandrakant Raghunath Paatil
State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 July 2020
Preceded by	Jitu Vaghani
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Navsari
Personal details
Born	16 March 1955.[1] Pimpry Akaraut, Edlabad, Jalgaon, (Maharashtra).[1]
Citizenship	India
Nationality	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1]
Spouse(s)	Mrs. Ganga.[1]
Children	1 son & 3 daughters.[1]
Residence	Surat & New Delhi.[1]
Alma mater	ITI.[1]
Profession	Agriculturist, Businessperson & Politician.[1]
Committees	Member of seven committees.[1]
Website	www.crpatil.com

Education and background

Patil was born in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He received post-school technical training at ITI, Surat. Before joining politics in 1989, he was an agriculturist and businessperson.[1]

Social and cultural activities

Chairman, Fund Samiti for Chhtrapati Shivaji Smarak, Samit, Surat; President (i) Shri Saraswati Education Society, Surat; (ii) Maharastrian Vikas Mandal, Surat; (iii) Renuka Mata Charitable Trust, Surat; Ex.-President (i) Maratha Patil Samaj Mandal, Surat; and (ii) South Gujarat Textile Processor Association, Surat; Organised, (i) Samast Maharastrian Samaj Sammelan, Surat; (ii) Govinda Utsav Samittee, Surat; (iii) blood donation camps every year; (iv) more than 70,000 women under the banner `Modi Samarthak Mahils Mandal`, providing employment opportunities to women, and also providing food tiffins to 200 workers on daily basis; and (v) under the banner `Youth for Gujarat` helped youths in various social as well as cultural activities, and also provided accident insurance cover to about 1500 youth who have donated blood in the camps; participated in `Vanchitona Beli Vikas Yatra`organised by BJP; Actively involved in installation of the statue of `Chhtrapati Shivaji`, 29 May 2008, Bilimora town, inaugurated by Hon`ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi[3]

CR Patil now rules hearts of millions of people from Surat-Navsari with his endless efforts for their betterment. His efforts turned the dream of a working Airport in Surat now a Reality with18 flights at Surat Airport connecting 12 cities by Air. He turned Gandeva (Gujarat), village in Navsari district to the foremost ‘smokeless’ village of Gujarat. He was even successful in increasing the number of trains between Surat and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by following up and representing with several concerned ministers. He recently contributed heavily by representing the case at the GST council for easing off the GST pressures of compliance and financial burden on the Textile community and brought back the lost smiles amongst the SME enterprises. CR Paatil has proved his efficiency and diligence by understanding the problems of his people and relentlessly working for their betterment.

Gandeva village in Navsari district becomes the foremost ‘smokeless’ village of Gujarat

50 km from Surat, Gandeva village in Navsari district has become the foremost ‘smokeless’ village of Gujarat. Till August this year, Gandeva's tribal people were using crop residue, firewood and cow-dung cakes, as fuel for cooking. But, now this traditional stove has been replaced by a modern gas stoves and cylinders. According to reports, the village has a population of 7,000 consisting of all tribal people. There are more than 2,200 houses in this village, out of which 368 houses were using a stove to cook food, but today whole of the village is using stoves, becoming the first smokeless village of Navsari. This village has been adopted by Navsari's Member of Parliament C.R Patil. 6

Transformed village 'Chikhli' under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

Chikhli village, located in Navsari district of Gujarat, has been completely transformed within 1.5-year of its adoption under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, by MP Chandrakant Raghunath Patil. It was adopted in October 2014, to enhance its social, cultural, and infrastructural standard. The scheme says, members of parliament of all political parties had to adopt one village from their constituency and make it a model village by 2016.

Under this scheme, The first step was to clean the streets of Chikhli and then improving sanitation facilities for villagers, road construction, and making paver-block flooring in different places. A total of 380 toilets were built in Chikhli through a public-private partnership. For many women in the village, life has become easier after the construction of these toilets because they no longer need to go out in the open to defecate. Village volunteers have played a major role in the cleanliness drive and sanitation. [4]

First MP to get ISO certification for his office

C R Patil has become India's first Member of Parliament (MP) to obtain an ISO certification 9001: 2008 for his office. He was given the certificate for his office for quality management system that was applicable for monitoring and administration of the government services for the constituency.

Patil, who represents Navsari in south Gujarat in the Lok Sabha, received the prestigious certificate at a function held on 9 January 2013 in Surat by Sandeep Vig (Regional Director of Intertek Moody), a leading international provider of certification services, which did the audit work of the Patil's office.[5]

Withdrawal and Cancellation of unproven allegations

[6]

To Smt. Anita Karwalji Chief Electoral Officer Block no. 7, 2nd floor, Sachivalay, Gandhinagar Respected Madam, While filling the form of Loksabha General Elections of 2014, we had presented an affidavit that displayed the details of the various 103 claims against me. Out of these, 96 claims have now been disposed out. The attested copy of the claims has been attached herewith that may kindly be taken on your official records and you are requested to kindly update the same on your website with necessary corrections. Thanking You C.R. Paatil Copy to: (1) The Commissioner, State Elections, Gujarat State Sardar Patel Bhavan, Sector no. 10, Block no. 9, 6th floor, Gandhinagar (2) The Collector, Navsari Jilla Sevasadan, Kaliavadi, Navsari

At the National Lok Adaalat held on 9 March 2019, the complainant and their learned lawyer on behalf of their complainant client withdrew all their unproven allegations made against CR Patil. Says the legal document (attached), the withdrawal was done without any kind of pressure in witness of the lawyers of both the parties- the defendant as well as the complainant.  On this day, it has been officially announced that there are no pending claims thereof.  

C R Patil joined the Surat police in 1975 as a police constable. Mr. Patil joined the BJP in 1990. In four short years, with his diligent work he became the Surat District President. But political motives couldn't leave him out of the mean olives of defaming him. In 2002, the Crime Branch arrested Mr. Patil as the chief defaulter in the Diamond Jubilee Cooperative Bank scam. He had taken a loan of more than Rs 540 million from the cooperative bank and did not repay the amount causing the bank to be suspended from the clearing house in 2002. He had to remain in jail for 15 months until he secured bail from the Gujarat High Court on the condition that he would repay the dues. Another concern arose wherein he took 48 acres of land at Sachin to construct 65,000 flats for textile labourers. He made a down payment of Rs 60 million for possession of the GIDC land on lease for 90 years and got delayed to pay the rest. After the re-arrested, Mr. Patil moved the Supreme Court and reimbursed the loan money with interest: Rs 880 million towards the cooperative bank loan of Rs. 460 million and the rest for the GIDC land lease cost. The MP has paid back not only the loans but with more than the interest and had offered to even help further. C R Patil was soon made chairman of the state-owned Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. Mr. Patil has one of the longest affidavits submitted to the Election Commission of India. Conclusively, out of 103 cases, 96 has been clearly resolved till 2015. (As per the authorised letter attached)

Further, now with the announcement at the National Lok Adaalat, there are no pending allegations henceforth due to withdrawal of the complaints. Refer attachment.

Controversy

After appointed as state president BJP Gujarat, He started various public gathering (rallies) at various cities of Gujarat during COVID-19 pandemic in India. That attract criticism from Media, Public as well as from Indian National Congress [7] and other political parties. [8] [9] [10] Gujarat chapter of Bharatiya Janata Party were planning massive rally at from Surat Airport to the city [11] but was canceled last moment. [12][13] [14]

During 2nd week of September, he tested positive with Coronavirus and hospitalized at private hospital. [15] [16][17]

Books published

Editor and publisher, `Nav Gujarat Times`, a Gujarati daily newspaper since 1991

Posts held

#	From	To	Position
01	2020	-	State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat [18]
02	2014	–	Elected to 16th Lok Sabha; Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development.
03	2010	–	Member, Committee on Defence; Member, Jilla Takedari Samiti, Navsari Jilla; Member, Committee on Food Processing Industries; Member, Standing Co-ordination Committee, Agriculture and Co-operation Department, Gujarat; Chairman, District Village Development Agency, Navasari; Vice-Chairman, District Village Development Agency, Surat.
04	2009	–	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
05	2009	–	Member, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
06	2009	–	Member, Committee on Defence
07	2009	–	Member, Jilla Takedari Samiti, Navsari Jilla
08	2009	–	Member, Committee on Food Processing Industries
09	2009	–	Member, Standing Co-ordination Committee, Agriculture and Co-operation Department, Gujarat
10	2009	–	Chairman, District Village Development Agency, Navasari
11	2009	–	Vice-Chairman, District Village Development Agency, Surat
12	2008	–	Member, Election Organization Committee, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha; Member, District Level Consultative Committee, Bank of Baroda, Navsari.
13	1989	–	Joined Bhartiya Janta Party; Ex. Treasurer, Bhartiya Janta Party, Surat (for 5 years); Ex. Vice-President, Bhartiya Janta Party, Surat (for 2 years); Ex. Member Invitee, Executive Committee, BJP, Gujarat Pradesh.

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See also

• Gandeva, Navsari's first 'smokeless' village

• List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha of India
• Politics of India
• Parliament of India
• Government of India
• Gujarat Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Lok Sabha profile". Lok Sabha website. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
2. Bhattacharya, D. P. "Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, Lok Sabha member from Navsari new Gujarat BJP Chief". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
3. "C R Patil official website". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
4. "Politics Watch". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
5. "Khaleej Times".
6. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/c-r-patil-tainted-cop-bank-defaulter-and-now-mp-/437236/0
7. "Cong says Covid norms violated at C R Paatil's meeting, seeks action". The Indian Express. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
8. "भाजपा नेता सीआर पाटिल की रैली में हजारों की भीड़, सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग भूलकर कार्यकर्ताओं ने किया गरबा". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
9. "Gujarat BJP chief cancels welcome car rally in Surat". The Indian Express. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
10. "Covid norms thrown to the wind as CR Paatil begins Saurashtra visit". The Indian Express. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
11. "Surat-Amid Covid outbreak,BJP organizes rally to welcome CR Patil, social distancing goes for a toss - video dailymotion". Dailymotion. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
12. "After Preparations, BJP cancelled Rally in Surat". News Track. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
13. "ZEE5". comingsoon.zee5.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
14. "Gujarat BJP के नवनियुक्त अध्यक्ष CR Patil की स्वागत रैली रद्द". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
15. "A host of BJP leaders test positive in Gujarat". The Week. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
16. "Gujarat BJP अध्यक्ष CR Patil के कोरोना संक्रमित होने की खबर के बाद मचा हड़कंप हजारों कार्यकर्ता थे संपर्क में". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
17. September 9, 2020. "CR Paatil in hospital, Covid report awaited". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
18. Langa, Mahesh (21 July 2020). "C.R. Patil appointed Gujarat BJP president". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 September 2020.