Chandrakant Raghunath Patil is a police constable turned political leader and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He was born in Pimpry Akaraut village in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, to Raghunath, a police constable, and Sarubai Patil on March 16, 1955.
In 1951, his family relocated to Gujarat. He attended ITI, Surat, for post-school technical training. Similar to his father, he began his career in Gujarat Police in 1975 and worked as a police constable for 14 years before joining the BJP in 1989.
He started as the BJP Treasurer of Surat City and then became the BJP Vice President of Surat City. In 1998, he was appointed as the Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), a state PSU, by then Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel.
He won his first Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from the Navsari constituency on a BJP ticket. He went on to retain his seat in the subsequent 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections to become the three-time member of the lower house of Indian Parliament.
Since 2020, he has been the President of the BJP Gujarat State unit and is the first non-Gujarati to hold this position.
October 14, 2025 9:13 am
Patil commended Saifuddin’s contributions to the collective development of the nation
October 03, 2025 1:54 pm
First ‘non-Gujarati’ to head the post, he led BJP to wins in successive elections, changing how the party functioned – and contested polls
September 30, 2025 9:21 pm
In their address, Gujarat BJP chief and Union Minister C R Patil and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel emphasised the need to purchase Swadeshi goods to make the campaign a success.
July 21, 2025 11:36 pm
The schools marked for redevelopment are situated in South B zone (Kanakpur), Limbayat, Varachha A and B zones, and Rander zone
March 05, 2025 2:07 am
As per the state government's plan, the Vyara referral hospital (Civil hospital) will be handed over to the Torrent Group's UNM foundation to develop a Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) college
March 02, 2025 4:35 am
The first instance of fire was reported on the premises on Tuesday. On Wednesday, fresh blaze erupted in the market and continued till the next afternoon
January 14, 2025 3:04 am
On January 4, the state BJP had sent its observers to different districts and municipal corporations to accept the forms of candidates.
December 22, 2024 2:53 am
"Now, we see water given in bottles to the guests, but if it is not saved, a time will come when water will served in capsules,” said C R Paatil, sounding a warning on possible shortage of water in future.
December 19, 2024 1:07 pm
C R Patil said the Narendra Modi government has been in power for only 10 years and has successfully lifted 25 crore people out of poverty.
November 24, 2024 4:24 am
The Union minister, who is also the state BJP president, arrived in Surat Saturday afternoon and addressed the media persons over the results of Maharashtra assembly elections and Vav bypoll.
February 23, 2021 9:19 pm
The BJP appeared on course to retain power in the six municipal corporations, winning 409 of the 474 seats where results were declared till evening.





