Chandrakant Patil

About Chandrakant Patil

Chandrakant Patil

Chandrakant Patil is the minister in Maharashtra government and SENIOR Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. He will contest from Kothrud assembly assembly seat. This seat is viewed as a stronghold for the BJP, although they faced challenges in the 2019 assembly election.The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate secured the second-highest votes, coming close to Patil. In the Kothrud constituency, which is considered a power centre of Pune, Brahmins make up a sizable population. The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party have never achieved success here. Former minister Prakash Javadekar used to live here.

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