Pasha Patel

Patel began his political career with the Shetkari Sanghatana and was affiliated with the Nationalist Congress Party.^[2][3] Later, during 2001, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and the leader at the time, Gopinath Munde, due to differences with Sharad Pawar.^[4] Later he was selected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council for Latur.^{[citation needed]}