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R R Patil to be new Maharashtra Dy CM

October 29, 2004
By Vijay Singh in Mumbai

Maharashtra unit chief of the Nationalist Congress Party, R R Patil, will be the state's next deputy chief minister.

The decision was taken at the party's headquarters in south Mumbai on Friday afternoon, where the MLAs cast secret ballots.Patil, who represents Tasgaon in Sangli district, beat Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil to the post.

Patil currently is the home minister in the Congress-NCP government.

Vijay Singh in Mumbai

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