In february 2011, Amin Khan, a congress minister in Rajasthan, had said that when indira gandhi lost the prime minister's chair in 1977, pratibha patil used to cook food and wash utensils for her in the kitchen, that is why she was made the President. He had said that pratibha patil never asked for anything in return, that is why she was made the President. Later he had to resign for this statement. pratibha patil had also established a 'Shram Sadhana Trust'.
Apart from this, she also operates 'Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana'. She also used to fund 'Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank'. In 2003, RBI seized its license and trading stopped. More than the share capital of the bank, loans were given to their relatives. Among the top 10 defaulters of the bank, 6 were their relatives. After retirement, she also wanted the cost of fuel for her private car from the government itself.
Pratibha Patil was accused of diverting Rs 36 lakh of MPLADS funds from a trust run by her husband when she was the mp of Amravati. It is also worth remembering that then shiv sena had supported pratibha patil in place of alliance candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat while in RJD, because she was Marathi. He had talked about sterilizing people suffering from hereditary diseases, so that there is no further disease. She made this statement in 1975.
