Rajani Ashokrao Patil
Rajani Ashokrao Patil | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2021 | |
| President | |
| Chairman | |
| Preceded by | Rajeev Satav |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| In office 10 January 2013 – 2 April 2018 | |
| President | |
| Chairman | |
| Preceded by | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| AICC Incharge for Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 14 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rajiv Shukla |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Kesharbai Kshirsagar |
| Succeeded by | Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil |
| Constituency | Beed, Maharashtra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1958 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Ashokrao Patil |
| Profession | Politician |
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Rajani Ashokrao Patil (born 5 December 1958) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress Party, she is the All India Congress Committee In-charge for Jammu & Kashmir. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament. She was awarded the Best debut Parliamentarian award for her performance in the Rajya Sabha. She was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha from Beed in the 11th Lok Sabha. In 2005, she was elected as the Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board. She represented India at the 49th session of the UN Commission on the status of women at the UN headquarters in New York. She was a student political leader in college in the National Students Union of India (NSUI). She started her career in electoral politics by getting elected to the Zilla Parishad unopposed in 1992.