Uttamrao Deorao Patil
Uttamrao Deorao Patil was an Indian politician. His father was elected as MP from Yavatmal twice in 1960s. He himself was elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Digras in 1972. He represented Yavatmal constituency, which is in the state of Maharashtra, in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, as a member of Indian National Congress, from 1980 to 1996, and 1998 to 2004, winning six elections in that span. He did not contest the 1996 Lok Sabha election. In 2004 elections, he was defeated by Harisingh Rathod of BJP.In November 2011, he quit Congress, complaining that his supporters were getting sidelined, and joined NCP. He died four months later.
