M. B. Patil
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. B. Patil
| image = File:The Irrigation Minister of Karnataka, Shri M.B. Patil.jpg
|caption = M. B. Patil in 2015
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|7|df=y}}
|birth_place =Vijayapura, Mysore State, India
| office = Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
| predecessor =
| successor =
| governor = Thawarchand Gehlot
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Siddaramaiah
| subterm = Cabinet
| suboffice = Second Siddaramaiah ministry
| 2blankname = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata = * Large & Medium Industries
- Infrastructure Development
| term_start = 20 May 2023{{Cite web|title=Meet five-time MLA and new Karnataka Cabinet Minister MB Patil|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/meet-five-time-mla-and-new-karnataka-minister-mb-patil-16716521.htm/amp}}
| successor1 = Basavaraj Bommai
| predecessor1 = G. Parameshwara
| governor1 = Vajubhai Vala
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = H. D. Kumaraswamy
| subterm1 = Cabinet
| suboffice1 = Second Kumaraswamy ministry
| 2blankname1 = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata1 = Home (excluding Intelligence)
| term_start1 = 28 December 2018
|term_end1 = 23 July 2019
| predecessor2 = Basavaraj Bommai
| successor2 = D. K. Shivakumar
| governor2 = Vajubhai Vala
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = Siddaramaiah
| subterm2 = Cabinet
| suboffice2 = First Siddaramaiah ministry
| 2blankname2 = Ministry and Departments
| 2namedata2 = Water Resources
| term_start2 = 20 May 2013
| term_end2 = 17 May 2018
| office3 = Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
| term_start3 = 2008
| constituency3 = Babaleshwar
| term_start4 = 2004
| term_end4 = 2008
| constituency4 = Tikota
| term_start5 = 1991
| term_end5 = 1994
| constituency5 = Tikota
|office6 = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency6 = Bijapur
|predecessor6 = Basanagouda Rudragouda Patil
|successor6 = Basangouda Patil Yatnal
|term_start6 = 10 March 1998
|term_end6 = 3 October 1999
|party = Indian National Congress
|spouse = Asha Patil
|residence = Bijapur
}}
Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil (born 7 October 1964) is an Indian politician from Karnataka and a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Babaleshwar.{{cite web | url=https://myneta.info/Karnataka2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=7104 | title=M B Patil |work=myneta.info |access-date=13 Sep 2023}} 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.{{Cite web |first= |title=Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha |url=https://jlms.in/committee-members |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=jlms.in}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/m-b-patil-72052.html | title=M B Patil |work=oneindia.com |access-date=13 Sep 2023}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bldea.org/|title=BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes|website=BLDE Association}}
Political career
He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the Lingayat community.{{cite news |title=M B Patil in fault line of Lingayat faith tag |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/close-fight-faith-tag-fault-line-bableshwar-669168.html |accessdate=9 August 2019 |work=Deccan Herald |date=8 May 2018 |language=en}}
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.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} He is a former member of Lok Sabha{{cite news |title='Krishna's yatra received good response' |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/06/stories/2004040607060300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711085915/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/06/stories/2004040607060300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2004 |work=The Hindu |date=6 April 2004 |accessdate=31 May 2011 }} 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.{{cite news |title= As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/As-ministers-step-in-Soudha-springs-back-to-life/articleshow/20161340.cms |work= The Times of India |date= 2013-05-21 |accessdate= 2013-05-21}}
He was allotted Home Ministry in December 2018 in H D Kumaraswamy’s cabinet.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Kumaraswamy inducts 8 Ministers; 7 of them are from north Karnataka |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kumaraswamy-inducts-8-ministers-7-of-them-are-from-north-karnataka/article25810045.ece |access-date=17 January 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117165619/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kumaraswamy-inducts-8-ministers-7-of-them-are-from-north-karnataka/article25810045.ece |archive-date=17 January 2025 |language=en-IN}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/031117/i-want-to-become-chief-minister-one-day-mb-patil.html|title=I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil|website=Deccan Chronicle}}
References
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External links
- [http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=7 M. B. Patil at Myneta]
- https://nocorruption.in/politician/m-b-patil/
- http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=7
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Category:State cabinet ministers of Karnataka
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Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka
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