Gulab Raghunath Patil

Gulab Raghunath Patil
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
Assumed office
15 December 2024
Minister
GovernorC. P. Radhakrishnan
CabinetThird Fadnavis ministry
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Deputy CM
Guardian MinisterJalgaon District
Preceded byHimself
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
14 August 2022  26 November 2024
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Deputy CMDevendra Fadnavis
Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by

Additional charge
(Water Supply)

  • Anil Parab

Additional charge
(Sanitation)

Additional charge
(Jalgaon District)
Cabinet Minister
Government of Maharashtra
In office
30 December 2019  27 June 2022
Minister
GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray
Deputy CMAjit Pawar
Guardian Minister
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Additional charge
(Water Supply Ministry)

Additional charge
(Sanitation Ministry)

Additional charge
(Jalgaon District)
Minister of State
Government of Maharashtra
In office
7 June 2016  8 November 2019
Minister
Governor
Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis
Guardian Minister
Succeeded byVishwajeet Kadam
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byGulabrao Deokar
ConstituencyJalgaon Rural
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byMahendrasinh Dharamsinh Patil
Succeeded byChimanrao Patil
ConstituencyErandol
Personal details
Born (1966-06-05) 5 June 1966
At.Paldhi BK., Tq. Dharangaon, Jalgaon district
Political partyShiv Sena
Other political
affiliations
Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (2022-2023)
SpouseMayabai Patil
Children3

Gulab Raghunath Patil (born 5 June 1966) is a politician and incumbent Water supply and Sanitation minister of the Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), the state's lower house representing rural Jalgaon constituency. He is a member of Shiv Sena party.

In 2019 he got elected in 14th legislative assembly. On 30 December 2019, he got appointed Minister of Water supply and Sanitation in Eknath Shinde cabinet and also served as Guardian Minister of Jalgaon district. From 1999 to 2004 he represented Erandol constituency.

In 2022 Gulab Patil resigned from minister post of Uddhav Thackeray's cabinet, left Shiv Sena and joined rebel leader Eknath Shinde during political crisis. Shinde with his more than 40 MLAs demanded break of alliance from Nationalist Congress PartyIndian National Congress and demanded Uddhav Thackeray form government with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It caused split in the party, at the end Shinde formed government with latter and became CM and Patil appointed minister of Water supply and sanitation. In 2023 the faction took over Shiva Sena by the decision of Election Commission of India (ECI).