Political and Family Connections
In 1985 he was embroiled in a public dispute with a Deputy Commissioner of BMC, G R Khairnar, for having demolished his son's hotel "Step In". Khairnar eventually became a hero for taking on politicians, subsequently with Sharad Pawar. This dispute, meanwhile, led to the ultimate discrediting of the Congress rule in large, and combined with other issues, gave the Shiv Sena-BJP combine an upper hand in the following elections.
His elder son Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil was MP from Sangli, and now his grandson Pratik Prakashbapu Patil is MP from Sangli and currently holding the charge as the Union Minister of State, Coal.
His second wife, Shalinitai Patil, has been an MLA from Koregaon, Satara district.
Vasantdada Patil died on 1 March 1989.
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