Speaking to ANI, Patil said he had highlighted an alleged case of vote theft before the state Congress leadership, which was later raised by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi at the national level. Referring to the alleged vote theft case, he said, "A weapon like vote theft was caught. Before that, Congress people did not believe in vote theft. But in my vote theft case, everyone believed because I had proof." The Congress MLA said becoming a minister was not a fundamental right and acknowledged that not every legislator could be accommodated in the Cabinet.