Who is Nila Vikhe Patil, Maharashtra-origin leader elected to Sweden Parliament?

Nila Vikhe Patil, daughter of Maharashtra educationist Ashok Vikhe Patil and niece of Maharashtra minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, has been elected to the Swedish Parliament, known as the Riksdag. The announcement came on Saturday, days after Sweden held its national election on September 13. Patil, 41, contested from the Stockholm City constituency and will represent the Green Party in the 349 seat house.A political family, a European careerPatil was born in Sweden but spent her early years in Ahmednagar, the Maharashtra town her family has been linked to for generations. She is the great-granddaughter of Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, who set up Asia's first cooperative sugar factory, and the granddaughter of the late Union minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil. Her father chairs the Vikhe Patil Foundation, which runs a large chain of educational institutions across Maharashtra.