Nana Patole


Nana Falgunrao Patole is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the current Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
A former Member of the Parliament of India, he represented the BJP. He represented the Bhandara-Gondiya in Lok Sabha. In 2017, he resigned from BJP and the Lok Sabha. On 11 January 2018 he joined Congress party.

Political career

In the 2014 Lok sabha elections, he contested the constituency as the BJP /NDA candidate and won. He defeated then Union minister Praful Patel by 149,254 votes. He was also Member of the Legislative Assembly for Sakoli from 2009 to 2014. He fights for OBC and was the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Patole has resigned from his Loksabha Membership by submitting his resignation letter to Loksabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajen. After then he joins indian national congress. Due to his strong attachment with farmers issues Congress party selected him as a national chairman of All India Kisan Congress.

Positions held

Interest in Social Service in Bhandara and Gondia Districts and other place of Maharashtra StateSocial Service

Education Qualifications

Post Graduate Educated from Manohar Bhai Patel College, Sakoli, Bhandara district.