Nana Patole

Nana Falgunrao Patole (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian politician who is the current President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 5 February 2021.

He was the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly before this appointment.

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 due to BJP's double standards onfarmers policies.

After then he rejoins indian national congress.

Congress party selected him as a national chairman of All India Kisan Congress.

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.

A former Member of the Parliament of India (the 16th Lok Sabha), 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 rejoined Congress party.