{{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 | term_end = 29 May 2026 <ref>{{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}}</ref> | 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 }} '''Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil''' (born 7 October 1964) is an Indian politician from Karnataka and a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Babaleshwar.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://myneta.info/Karnataka2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=7104 | title=M B Patil |work=myneta.info |access-date=13 Sep 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |title=Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha |url=https://jlms.in/committee-members |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=jlms.in}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bldea.org/|title=BLDE Association - Home - BLDEA and its institutes|website=BLDE Association}}</ref>
==Political career== He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the Lingayat community.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
He was allotted Home Ministry in December 2018 in H D Kumaraswamy’s cabinet.<ref name="Kumaraswamy inducts 8 Ministers; 7 of them are from north Karnataka">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==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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