Uttamrao Deorao Patil

Uttamrao Deorao Patil (25 December 1944 – 10 March 2012) was an Indian politician. His father was elected as MLA From Darwha twice in 1952 & 1957 & MP from Yavatmal twice in 1962 & 1967 and Rajya Sabha MP in 1974. He himself was elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Digras in 1972. He represented Yavatmal constituency, which is in the state of Maharashtra, in Lok Sabha, as a member of Indian National Congress, from 1980 to 1996, and 1998 to 2004, winning six elections in that span. He did not contest the 1996 Lok Sabha election. In 2004 elections, he was defeated by Harisingh Rathod of BJP.In November 2011, he quit Congress, complaining that his supporters were getting sidelined, and joined NCP. He died four months later.