During his term as Mayor of Lambeth, he received Pope Benedict XVI during his official visit to London on 18 September 2010,[4] and oversaw the erection of a statue of the 12th century Indian philosopher Lord Basavanna at the Albert Embankment Gardens.
[5] In 2017, Patil campaigned to become MP for the constituency of Putney, becoming the first Kannadiga individual to run for the House of Commons.
He lost to Education Secretary Justine Greening by 1,554 votes, achieving a swing of 10.2% in favour of the Labour Party.
[6] In 2018 Patil complained to the House of Commons authorities about improper use of parliamentary facilities by Labour MP Virendra Sharma.
[7] In August 2022, he unsuccessfully applied to contest Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire as the Labour Party candidate at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.