{"id":26447,"date":"2026-09-20T04:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26447"},"modified":"2026-09-20T04:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:32:38","slug":"maharashtra-ministers-niece-nila-vikhe-patil-elected-to-swedish-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26447","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra minister&#8217;s niece Nila Vikhe Patil elected to Swedish Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134363257,imgsize-1018542,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/nila-vikhe-patil.jpg\" alt=\"Maharashtra minister's niece Nila Vikhe Patil elected to Swedish Parliament\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nila Vikhe Patil, daughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/maharashtra\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maharashtra<\/a> educationist Ashok Vikhe Patil, was elected to the Swedish Parliament on Saturday from the Stockholm City constituency.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Nila is the great-granddaughter of the founder of Asia\u2019s first cooperative sugar factory, Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, and granddaughter of late Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil.<!-- --> Her uncle, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, is a Maharashtra minister.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Born in Sweden, Nila spent her early years in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree and an MBA from the Gothenburg School of Business, with Economics and Law, and also studied for an MBA at the University of Complutense in Madrid.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Since 2020, she has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a global services network, offering strategy, management, technology and risk consulting.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>In April 2025, she became an authorised public accountant.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>She has been a member of the Stockholm City Council. She also served as a political adviser in the Swedish Prime Minister\u2019s Office, focusing on finance, taxes and housing during the Stefan Lofven administration.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cIt feels nice to be a part of the 349-member Parliament. I am looking forward to contributing to the city and the country,\u201d Nila told news agency PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>\u201cI would like to be a voice for those who cannot vote,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to contribute to a society where every child gets a chance for a good future. We need a habitable planet with clean water, living nature and as few human-caused natural disasters as possible,\u201d she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The 41-year-old Nila said that she loves India dearly and misses her grandfather a lot.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cI hope to make my grandfather proud. He made me read the state budget when I was 15,\u201d Nila said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cI love India dearly and I feel very connected. I have lots of close Indian friends. I miss my grandfather a lot. He used to call me almost weekly during his last years,\u201d she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Sweden\u2019s left-leaning opposition won a narrow majority in the September 13 election. The Swedish Election Authority said the four opposition parties won 176 seats in the 349-seat Riksdag (Parliament). The four parties that make up or support the outgoing conservative-led government took 173 seats.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>The opposition Green Party is focused on environmentalism, renewable energy and green politics.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Nila has been active in the Green Party for 25 years and is a member of the Election Committee of the Stockholm Green Party.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/europe\/maharashtra-ministers-niece-nila-vikhe-patil-elected-to-swedish-parliament\/articleshow\/134363240.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nila Vikhe Patil, daughter of Maharashtra educationist Ashok Vikhe Patil, was elected to the Swedish Parliament on Saturday from the Stockholm City constituency.Nila is the great-granddaughter of the founder of Asia\u2019s first cooperative sugar factory, Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, and granddaughter of late Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. 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