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| Office | Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
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| Office | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 20 May 2023[1]
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| Predecessor | G. Parameshwara |
| Successor | Basavaraj Bommai
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| Born | 1964-10-7 (age 62) |
| Born | Vijayapura, Mysore State, India
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Asha Patil
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Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil (born 7 October 1964) is an Indian politician from Karnataka and a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Babaleshwar.[2] He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development in Government of Karnataka, He is also working president of Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha.[3]
Early life and education
He is the elder son of Shri B.M.Patil, a politician and an educationist. He has completed graduation in Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering at the BLDEA's Vachana Pitamaha P G Halakatti College of Engineering.[4]
Career
Social work
M.B. Patil has been involved in various social works including the distribution of school bags & books to the needy students, helping government schools in establishing smart classrooms, organizing plantation drives across Vijayapura district etc., through M B Patil foundation.[5]
Political career
He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the Lingayat community.[6]
Patil started his political career in 1991. He was allotted the Irrigation Ministry in Siddaramaiah’s cabinet in 2013. His work as the Irrigation Minister of Karnataka gave a new lease of life to various stalled irrigation projects across Karnataka.Template:Citation needed He is a former member of Lok Sabha[7] and is being elected for the fifth time as a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Earlier, he was the Karnataka state Minister for Water Resources in the first Siddaramaiah cabinet.[8]
He was allotted Home Ministry in December 2018 in H D Kumaraswamy’s cabinet.[9] Having been seen as a clean-handed politician and also given that he hails from the politically-influential Lingayat community, he is considered to be a chief contender for being the position of Chief Minister of Karnataka in the future.[10]
References
- ↑ Meet five-time MLA and new Karnataka Cabinet Minister MB Patil.
- ↑ M B Patil. Retrieved 13 Sep 2023.
- ↑ Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha. jlms.in. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ↑ M B Patil. Retrieved 13 Sep 2023.
- ↑ BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes. BLDE Association.
- ↑ M B Patil in fault line of Lingayat faith tag. Deccan Herald(8 May 2018).
- ↑ 'Krishna's yatra received good response'. The Hindu(6 April 2004).
- ↑ As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life. The Times of India(2013-05-21).
- ↑ Kumaraswamy inducts 8 Ministers; 7 of them are from north Karnataka(22 December 2018). Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ↑ I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil. Deccan Chronicle.