Nana Patole Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Nana Falgunrao Patole
Profession	Politician, Farmer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	• Indian National Congress (2009–2014, 2018-Present) • Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–2017)
Political Journey	• Bhandara Zilla Parishad Member from Sangadi Zilla Parishad Constituency, Bhandara district, Maharashtra (1990) • Contested and lost the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as an independent from Lakhandur constituency (1994) • Elected as an MLA from Sakoli Assembly Constituency on Indian National Congress ticket (1998 – 1999) • Elected as an MLA for the second time from Sakoli Assembly Constituency on Indian National Congress ticket (2004) • Resigned from the Congress Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (2008) • Contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate from Bhandara-Gondia constituency (2009) • Contested and won the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Sakoli constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party's ticket (2009) • Elected as Member of Parliament in 16- Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party's ticket (2014) • Appointed as a member of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests (2014) • Served as as Member of the Railway Convention Committee (RCC) and a member of the Advisory Committee in the Ministry of Agriculture (2015-2017) • Resigned from Lok Sabha Membership and Bharatiya Janata Party due to controversy over issues of farmers and other backward classes (2017) • Joined Indian National Congress (2018) • Appointed as President of all India Kisan Congress (2018) • Contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from Nagpur constituency as a Indian National Congress candidate (2019) • Contested and won the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Sakoli constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate (2019) • Promoted to the post of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker (2019) • Resigned from the post of Assembly Speaker (2021) • Appointed as the President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (2021)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	5 June 1963 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	61 Years
Birthplace	Gondia, Maharashtra
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Gondia, Maharashtra
College/University	M. B. Patel College, Sakoli, Maharashtra
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Arts (1988)
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Kunbi
Controversies	Controversial remarks against BJP Nana Patole sparked a controversy while speaking in a election rally in Akola, Maharashtra. He used dog jibe against BJP during the campaign criticising its alleged treatment of the OBC community in the district. His comments recieved heavy critisim from the BJP leaders. [1]The Times of India Leaked audio tape In November 2024, he hit the headlines when Sudhanshu Trivedi played an audio clip during a press conference related to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha election. In the recording, Supriya and Nana Patole were allegedly conversing with a retired Maharashtra Police Commissioner about making transactions in bitcoins to voters who would support the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). However, Supriya later denied the allegations, claiming that the audio clip had been generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	1 June 1991
Family
Wife/Spouse	Mangla Patole
Children	Son- 1 • Rahul Patole Daughter- 2 • Neeta Patole • Priya Patole
Parents	Father- Falgunrao Pekoji Patole (agricultural officer) Mother- Mirabai Patole (homemaker)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Tata Indica (2010)
Money Factor
Income	Rs. 5,67,370 (Rs. 5.67 lakhs) (for the financial year 2017-2018)
Assets/Properties (as of 2019)	Movable Assets • Cash: Rs. 3,69,249 • Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs. 11,50,185 • Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies: Rs. 23,030 • LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 49,53,720 • Motor Vehicles: Rs. 75,000 • Jewellery: Rs. 3,00,000 Immovable Assets • Agricultural Land: Rs. 12,00,000 • Non Agricultural Land: Rs. 12,00,000 • Residential Buildings: Rs. 17,75,000
Net Worth	Rs. 98,91,124 (Rs. 98.9 lakhs) (as of 2019)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nana Patole

• Nana is called “Messiah of the Poor” and has been actively involved in social work since his childhood. He mainly focuses on the issues faced by farmers and marginalized communities.

• Nana’s father opposed both ‘Khaki and Khadi’ but due to his rebellious nature, Nana joined politics despite facing opposition at home.

• Nana contested and won the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha Constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party’s ticket defeating then Union Minister Praful Patel by a margin of 149,254 votes.

• One of the key projects of Nana was the Durgabai Doh dam project on the Chulband River which provided irrigation to 9,634 hectares of farmland in the area benefiting the farmers. The project began in 1995 and was finished in 2015.

• In 2017, Nana criticised the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not taking farmer’s issues seriously in Maharashtra due to which he resigned from the party and his Lok Sabha seat.
  

  Nana Patole’s resignation letter

• On 5 September 2022, Nana started an anti-encroachment movement against the government’s Forest-Land Act. About 10,000 tribal forest labourers took part in the movement in which Nana and 149 others were detained. In response to the arrests, Nana and his colleagues went on a hunger strike which resulted in the government suspending the encroachment removal program.
  

  Nana Patole being detained