Chandrakant Raghunath Patil

Education & 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 & Businessperson.

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 Accidental Insurance cover to about 1500 youth who have donated blood in the camps; Actively 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

Transformed village 'Chikhli' under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

Chikhli village, located in Navsari district of Gujarat, has been completely transformed within 1.5 year of its adoption under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), 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 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 major role in the cleanliness drive and sanitation.

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 January 9, 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.

C R Patil joined the Surat police in 1975 as a constable. He first courted trouble after a liquor hoard was recovered from a bootlegger's house in Palsana taluka in 1978 and his name cropped up in the police records as one of those involved. The same year, another prohibition case was registered against him at the Songadh police station. He remained clear of more trouble thereafter. Mr. Patil resumed his police job in 1984 and invited another suspension for trying to form a police union. Later, the Surat Municipal Corporation charged a case of Octroi evasion against him in 1995. Meanwhile, politics beckoned, and Mr. Patil joined the BJP in 1990. In four short years, with his diligent work he became the Surat District President. 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 54 crore 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 6 crore 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 88 crore towards the cooperative bank loan and the rest for the GIDC land lease cost. C R Patil was soon made chairman of the state-owned Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. Interestingly, 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 authorized letter attached)

Books Published

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