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 dominant 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.He is a former member of the Lok Sabha[7] 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.[8]

He was allotted Home Ministry in December 2018 in H D Kumaraswamy’s cabinet.[9] 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.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Meet five-time MLA and new Karnataka Cabinet Minister MB Patil".
  2. ^ "M B Patil". myneta.info. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha". jlms.in. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ "M B Patil". oneindia.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ "BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes". BLDE Association.
  6. ^ "M B Patil in fault line of Lingayat faith tag". Deccan Herald. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ "'Krishna's yatra received good response'". The Hindu. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  8. ^ "As ministers step in, Soudha springs back to life". The Times of India. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Kumaraswamy inducts 8 Ministers; 7 of them are from north Karnataka". The Hindu. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  10. ^ "I want to become Chief Minister one day: MB Patil". Deccan Chronicle.
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