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Suryakanta Patil is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Hingoli constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) political party.By Profession, he is a Political and social worker. From 1972-74 General Secretary District Youth Congress ,Chairperson Education Committee Municipal Council, Nanded , 1977-78 Founder- Member D.C.C. (India) Nanded ,1980 Member Municipal Council Nanded ,1980-85 Member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly , 1981-82 Chairperson Committee of Subordinate Legislation, 1981-85 General Secretary Pradesh Youth Congress (I), Maharashtra ,1886-91 Member Rajya Sabha , 1988-89 Member Consultative Committee Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals Member Consultative Committee Ministry of Environment and Forest , 1988-90 Member Committee of Rules Member of Hindi Salahakar Samity, Ministry of steel and mines and Ministry of Water Resources Member Central Advisory Committee for Light House Ministry of Surface Transport , 1991 Elected to 10th Lok sabha, 1991-96 Executive Member Congress Parliamentary Party (I) , 1997-98 Vice President Pradesh Congress Committee , 1998 Re-elected on 12th Loksabha (2nd term), 1998-99 Member Committee of Defense and its Sub-Committee-I Member Joint Committee of Empowerment of women and its Sub Committee on Appraisal of laws relating to women -Criminal Laws.In 2000-2002 Vice-President, Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra, From 2002 ,onwards Member, Central Working Committee, NCP,In 2004 re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term),May 2004 onwards Union Minister of State, Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs.