M. B. Patil

Indian politician

CabinetSecond Siddaramaiah ministryChief MinisterSiddaramaiahMinistry and Departments

Large & Medium Industries
Infrastructure Development

In office
28 December 2018 – 23 July 2019GovernorVajubhai ValaCabinetSecond Kumaraswamy ministryChief MinisterH. D. KumaraswamyMinistry and DepartmentsHome (excluding Intelligence)Preceded byG. ParameshwaraSucceeded byBasavaraj BommaiIn office
20 May 2013 – 17 May 2018GovernorVajubhai ValaCabinetFirst Siddaramaiah ministryChief MinisterSiddaramaiahMinistry and DepartmentsWater ResourcesPreceded byBasavaraj BommaiSucceeded byD. K. ShivakumarMember of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Incumbent

Assumed office
2008ConstituencyBabaleshwarIn office
2004–2008ConstituencyTikotaIn office
1991–1994ConstituencyTikotaMember of parliament, Lok SabhaIn office
10 March 1998 – 3 October 1999Preceded byBasanagouda Rudragouda PatilSucceeded byBasangouda Patil YatnalConstituencyBijapur Personal detailsBorn (1964-10-07) 7 October 1964 (age 59)
Vijayapura, Mysore State, IndiaPolitical partyIndian National CongressSpouseAsha PatilResidenceBijapur

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.

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.^[3]

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

He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the dominant Lingayat Community.^[5]

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 is a former member of the Lok Sabha^[6] and is being elected for the fifth time as a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He was earlier the Minister for Water Resources in Siddaramaiah cabinet.^[7]

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.^[8]

References

^ "Meet five-time MLA and new Karnataka Cabinet Minister MB Patil".
^ "M B Patil". myneta.info. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "M B Patil". oneindia.com. Retrieved 13 September 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. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "'Krishna's yatra received good response'". The Hindu. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
^ "As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life". The Times of India. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
^ "I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil". www.deccanchronicle.com.