Politics
Gulabrao Patil was mainly active in Cooperative sector but incidentally, he became active in State politics and National politics rather than Local politics,as he was Member of Parliament for 12 years and was President of Maharashtra Congress. In 1978, he joined Indira Gandhi led Congress(I), were he was one of the pioneer person from Maharashtra who joined Congress(I) at that time. Soon in 1981, Indira Gandhi appointed Gulabrao Patil as a President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress(I) Committee.Where he initially played important role in taking Congress(I) to common people. In next general election Congress(I) won by big margin in Maharashtra under his strong leadership.
Patil contested Maharashtra Assembly Election in 1980 from Walva Constituency, Sangli District. Although he lost the election by small margin he was acclaimed & rewarded as strong Congress leader from Sangli-Western Maharashtra. He was elected as President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) in 1981. Later he was elected as Member of the Legislative Council- MLC in 1983-1987 Maharashtra Government for four years.
As a Member of Parliament Gulabrao Patil made a special efforts to establish Marathi Film City-Chitranagari in Kolhapur together with his cousin brother leading Marathi Film Director- Dinkar D. Patil. Also, he put forward the issue of Belgaum border dispute during his term as MP in Rajya Sabha.
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