M. B. Patil

M. B. Patil
M. B. Patil
	M. B. Patil in 2015
Minister of Home affairs excluding Intelligence wing; of Karnataka
	In office; 28 December 2018 – 23 July 2019
Chief Minister	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded by	G. Parameshwara
Succeeded by	Basavaraj Bommai
Minister of Water resources of Karnataka
	In office; 20 May 2013 – 17 May 2018
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Preceded by	Basavaraj Bommai
Succeeded by	D. K. Shivakumar
MP for Bijapur
	In office; 10 March 1998 – 3 October 1999
Preceded by	Basanagouda Rudragouda Patil
Succeeded by	Basangouda Patil Yatnal
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Babaleshwar
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2008-present
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Tikota
	In office; 1991–1994
	In office; 2004–2008
Personal details
Born	7 October 1964; Vijayapura, Mysore State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Asha Patil
Residence	Bijapur

Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil (born 7 October 1964) is an Indian politician, who served as the Home Minister of Karnataka. He was earlier the Minister for Water Resources in Siddaramaiah cabinet.[1] He is a former member of the Lok Sabha[2] and is being elected for the fifth time as a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the dominant Lingayat Community.[3]

Early life and education

He is the elder son of Shri B.M.Patil, a politician and an educationist. M.B. Patil graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering at the BLDEA's Vachana Pitamaha P G Halakatti College of Engineering, Vijayapur.

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.[4]

Political career

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.

He was allotted Home Ministry in December 2018 in H D Kumaraswamy’s cabinet. Having been seen as a clean-handed politician & hailing from the dominant Lingayat community, he is considered to be one of the chief contenders for the post of Chief Minister of Karnataka in future.[5]

References

"As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life". The Times of India. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
"'Krishna's yatra received good response'". The Hindu. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
"M B Patil in fault line of Lingayat faith tag". Deccan Herald. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
admin. "BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes". BLDE Association.
"I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil". www.deccanchronicle.com.

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[1] "As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life". The Times of India. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[2] "'Krishna's yatra received good response'". The Hindu. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

[3] "M B Patil in fault line of Lingayat faith tag". Deccan Herald. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[4] . "BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes". BLDE Association.

[5] "I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil". www.deccanchronicle.com.