R. R. Patil

*Aaba*
R. R. Patil
Aaba R. R. Patil
7th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
	In office; 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008
Minister	Home Affairs;
Governor	Mohammed Fazal; S. M. Krishna; S. C. Jamir;
Cabinet	Second Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Guardian Minister	Gadchiroli District; Sangli District;
Preceded by	Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil ; (Deputy Chief Minister); Himself ; (Home Affairs Ministry);
Succeeded by	Chhagan Bhujbal ; (Deputy Chief Minister); Jayant Patil ; (Home Affairs Ministry);
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014
Minister	Home Affairs; Ex. Servicemen Welfare;
Governor	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan; Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge); C. Vidyasagar Rao;
Cabinet	Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Guardian Minister	Beed District; Gadchiroli District; Mumbai City District;
Preceded by	Himself ; (Home Affairs Ministry); Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan ; (Ex. Servicemen Welfare Ministry);
Succeeded by	Devendra Fadnavis CM; (Home Affairs Ministry); Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar ; (Ex. Servicemen Welfare Ministry);
Leader of The House ; Maharashtra Legislative Council
	In office; 29 September 2012 – 26 September 2014
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Chairman of the House	Shivajirao Deshmukh
Deputy Leader	Suresh Shetty
Preceded by	Ajit Pawar
Succeeded by	Eknath Khadse
	In office; 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Chairman of the House	Shivajirao Deshmukh
Deputy Leader	Anees Ahmed
Preceded by	Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil
Succeeded by	Patangrao Kadam
Deputy Leader of The House ; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1 November 2004 – 4 December 2008
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Speaker of the House	Babasaheb Kupekar
Leader of the House	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Preceded by	Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil
Succeeded by	Chhagan Bhujbal
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 7 November 2009 – 11 November 2010
Minister	Home Affairs;
Governor	S. C. Jamir; K. Sankaranarayanan;
Cabinet	Second Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Guardian Minister	Gadchiroli District;
Preceded by	Himself;
Succeeded by	Himself;
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 6 November 2009
Minister	Rural Development; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Majority Welfare Development;
Governor	S. C. Jamir;
	First Ashok Chavan ministry
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Guardian Minister	Gadchiroli District; Yavatmal District;
Preceded by	Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil ; (Rural Development Ministry); Patangrao Kadam ; (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry); Vilasrao Deshmukh CM; (Majority Welfare Development Ministry);
Succeeded by	Jayant Patil ; (Rural Development Ministry); Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan ; (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry); Patangrao Kadam ; (Majority Welfare Development Ministry);
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 27 January 2003 – 19 October 2004
Minister	Home Affairs;
Governor	Mohammed Fazal;
Cabinet	Sushilkumar Shinde ministry
Chief Minister	Sushilkumar Shinde
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal; Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil;
Guardian Minister	Gadchiroli District;
Preceded by	Chhagan Bhujbal DCM;
Succeeded by	Himself DCM
Cabinet Minister ; Government of Maharashtra
	In office; 18 October 1999 – 16 January 2003
Minister	Rural Development; Water Supply; Sanitation;
Governor	P. C. Alexander; Mohammed Fazal;
Cabinet	First Deshmukh ministry
Chief Minister	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Deputy CM	Chhagan Bhujbal
Guardian Minister	Sangli District; Gadchiroli District;
Preceded by	Sabir Shaikh ; (Rural Development Ministry); Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil; (Water Supply Ministry); Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil; (Sanitation Ministry);
Succeeded by	Ranjeet Deshmukh ; (Rural Development Ministry); Ashok Chavan; (Water Supply Ministry); Ashok Chavan; (Sanitation Ministry);
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1990 – 16 February 2015
Governor	Chidambaram Subramaniam; P.C. Alexander; Mohammed Fazal; S.M. Krishna; S. C. Jamir; K. Sankaranarayanan; C. Vidyasagar Rao;
Speaker of the House	Madhukarrao Chaudhari; Dattaji Nalawade; Arun Gujarathi; Babasaheb Kupekar; Dilip Walse-Patil; Haribhau Bagade;
Preceded by	Kalyanrao Jayvantrao Patil
Succeeded by	Suman Patil
Parliamentary group	Indian National Congress (1990 - 1999); Nationalist Congress Party (1999 - 2015);
Constituency	Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal
Personal details
Born	16 August 1956; Tasgaon, Bombay State, India
Died	16 February 2015 (aged 58); Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party Indian National Congress
Spouse	Suman Patil
Children	3
Education	B.A, L.L.B.
Occupation	Politician

Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil (16 August 1957 – 16 February 2015), was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important leader of modern Maharashtra. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He became Home Minister of Maharashtra for the second time after the 2009 Maharashtra assembly election victory of the Congress-NCP alliance. He was also the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Early life

R. R. Patil, popularly known as "Aaba", (Marathi: आबा) was born on 16 August 1957 in the village of Anjani, in the Tasgaon taluka, Sangli district in the State of Maharashtra. Despite his father being the village head, their financial condition was not good. He completed most of his education under the government scheme of "Earn & Learn". He obtained a B.A. and an LL.B. from Shantiniketan college in Sangli.^[1]

Career

Patil was a member of Sangli Zillah Parishad from 1979 to 1990 from Savlaj constituency, then was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1990, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 representing Tasgaon, in Sangli district. He became the Chief Whip of the Congress Party in the assembly as well as the chairman of the public accounts committee of the assembly in 1996–97 and 1998–99.

After 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, he became the Rural Development Minister of Maharashtra in the Congress-NCP coalition government in October 1999. He became the Home Minister of Maharashtra on 25 December 2003. After taking charge of Home Ministry, he also sought guardianship of naxal activity affected district Gadchiroli. Since then, in spite of many naxal attacks, he encouraged natives to support elected government through some developmental work for them. On 1 November 2004, he was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was also the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party's Maharashtra unit and NCP legislative party in Maharashtra.

He was a respected^{[peacock prose]} politician in Maharashtra, also christened as 'Mr Clean'^[2]^[3] in political circles due to his clean image in the erstwhile tainted political party and also due to cleanliness awareness initiatives like "Gadage Baba Swachata Abhiyan" & "Tantamukt Gaon".

Controversy

His comments in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks have drawn severe criticism for downplaying the gravity of the situation. He was quoted as saying, "They (the terrorists) came to kill 5,000 people but we ensured minimal damage".^{[This quote needs a citation]} Sources close to him^[who?] have argued that his comments are being taken out of context and that he did not intend to downplay the grievous attack.

He resigned on 1 December 2008 after further remarks on the attacks. When asked at a press conference whether the terror strike was an intelligence failure Patil said, "It is not like that. In big cities like this, incidents like this do happen. It's [sic] is not a total failure." Patil's words drew flak from many quarters. Mumbai residents who saw him say this on television or were told about it by reporters pointed out the irony of politicians making such statements after being provided high security.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Death

Patil died at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre after a long fight with oral cancer. Patil showed signs of improvement after his initial treatment and was taken off life support in January 2015, but he succumbed to the disease on 16 February 2015.^[8]^[9] The last rites were performed in Anjani village in Tasgaon area of Sangli district, Maharashtra on 17 February 2015.^[10] Patil's funeral was held with state honours, including a 21-gun salute by the Maharashtra government and was attended by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Anna Hazare, Sharad Pawar and other political leaders from various parties.^[11]

References

^ "Maharashtra: Senior NCP leader RR Patil is dead". India Today. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ "R R Patil: 'Mr Clean'". Rediff.com. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "In R R Patil, Maharashtra loses a politician with solid rural roots". The Economic Times. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Deshmukh quits, no decision on successor yet". Merinews. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "RR Patil has a language problem, calls attack small". News18 India. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ Damini Berry (2 December 2008). "Minister paid dearly for the 'small incident' remark". Merinews. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "A year after 26/11, R R Patil is back as Home Minister". The Indian Express. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Senior NCP leader R R Patil is no more". Yahoo India. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Maharashtra's former home minister and NCP leader RR Patil dies in Mumbai". IBN Live. News18 India. CNN. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "RR Patil's last rites to be performed in his village Anjani at 1pm today". ABP News. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "Tearful farewell to R.R. Patil". Deccan Herald. Sangli, Maharashtra. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

External links

Aaba Patil's Blog
"R R Patil to be new Maharashtra Dy CM" - rediff.com article dated 29 October 2004
"R R Patil elected new deputy CM of Maharashtra" - HindustanTimes.com article dated 29 October 2004
Profile of R R Patil - HindustanTimes.com dated 29 October 2004
"R R Patil to be Maharashtra Dy CM" - Mid-Day article dated 29 October 2004
"R R Patil to become Maha DyCM" - Times of India article dated 29 October 2004isters of Indian states

Preceded by Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1 November 2004 – 1 December 2008	Succeeded by Chhagan Bhujbal
Preceded by Chhagan Bhujbal	Home Minister 25 December 2003 – 1 December 2008	Succeeded by Jayant Patil
Preceded by Jayant Patil	Home Minister 9 October 2009 – 26 September 2014	Succeeded by Devendra Fadnavis

[1] "Maharashtra: Senior NCP leader RR Patil is dead". India Today. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

[2] "R R Patil: 'Mr Clean'". Rediff.com. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[3] "In R R Patil, Maharashtra loses a politician with solid rural roots". The Economic Times. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[4] "Deshmukh quits, no decision on successor yet". Merinews. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[5] "RR Patil has a language problem, calls attack small". News18 India. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[6] Damini Berry (2 December 2008). "Minister paid dearly for the 'small incident' remark". Merinews. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[7] "A year after 26/11, R R Patil is back as Home Minister". The Indian Express. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[8] "Senior NCP leader R R Patil is no more". Yahoo India. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[9] "Maharashtra's former home minister and NCP leader RR Patil dies in Mumbai". IBN Live. News18 India. CNN. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[10] "RR Patil's last rites to be performed in his village Anjani at 1pm today". ABP News. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[11] "Tearful farewell to R.R. Patil". Deccan Herald. Sangli, Maharashtra. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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