Shivanand Patil

{{short description|Indian politician from Karnataka}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | 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 = *'''Textiles''' *'''Sugarcane Development & Directorate of Sugar''' *'''Agricultural Marketing''' | term_start = 27 May 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/karnataka-cabinet-expanded-byregowda-hk-patil-among-24-mlas-sworn-in-as-ministers/articleshow/100546798.cms|title=Karnataka cabinet expanded; Byregowda, HK Patil among 24 MLAs sworn in as ministers}}</ref> | successor1 = | governor1 = Vajubhai Vala | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = H. D. Kumaraswamy | subterm1 = '''Cabinet''' | suboffice1 = Second Kumaraswamy ministry | 2blankname1 = Ministry and Departments | 2namedata1 = '''Health & Family Welfare''' | term_start1 = 6 June 2018 | term_end1 = 23 July 2019 | office2 = Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | constituency2 = Basavana Bagevadi | term_start2 = 2013 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = S. K. Bellubbi | successor2 = | term_start3 = 2004 | term_end3 = 2008 | predecessor3 = S. K. Bellubbi | successor3 = S. K. Bellubbi | constituency3 = Basavana Bagevadi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|4|23}} | birth_place = Bijapur, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India | occupation = Politician | party = Indian National Congress | other_party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br/>Janata Dal | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = | website = }} '''Shivanand Siddaramgouda Patil''' (born 23 April 1964) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/shivanand-s-patil-5309.html|title=Shivanand S Patil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/karnataka-assembly-election-2018-latest/constituency/article/basavana-bagevadi-shivanand-s-patil-sangaraja-desai-bjp-congress-jds/223871|title=Basavana Bagevadi Election Result 2018 live updates: Congress' Shivanand S Patil wins from Basavana Bagevadi|date=15 May 2018 }}</ref> He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka & as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Basavana Bagevadi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Basavana Bagevadi Election Result 2018 Live: Basavana Bagevadi Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/karnataka/basavana-bagevadi-election-result/|access-date=17 August 2020|website=News18}}</ref>

He was also a minister in Second H. D. Kumaraswamy ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/feature/karnataka-cabinet-shivanand-s-patils-profile-2712737.html|title=Karnataka cabinet: Shivanand S Patil's profile|date=9 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/swearing-nears-big-names-missing-probables-list-673572.html|title=Kumaraswamy inducts 25 ministers|date=6 June 2018 }}</ref>

Shivanand Patil has been appointed as chairman for Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board in 2016.<ref name="21 MLAs to head boards, corporations">{{cite news |date=2 November 2016 |title=21 MLAs to head boards, corporations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/21-MLAs-to-head-boards-corporations/article16091341.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423075123/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/21-MLAs-to-head-boards-corporations/article16091341.ece |archive-date=23 April 2025 |access-date=23 April 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Career == Patil represented Tikota in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the 1990s. He won with a Janata Dal ticket in the 1994 election and with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shivanand Patil quits BJP, likely to join Congress |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/28/stories/2004032807740400.htm |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=28 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040503005839/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/28/stories/2004032807740400.htm |archive-date=3 May 2004}}</ref> In March 2004, he quit the BJP expressing unhappiness with the party's "internal culture". Ahead of the legislative assembly election, the party had given away the Tikota seat to a Janata Dal (United) candidate, a party they were in coalition with, which Patil noted on being done without consulting him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shivanand Patil quits BJP |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar282004/s12.asp |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=Deccan Herald |date=28 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823113102/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar282004/s12.asp |archive-date=23 August 2004}}</ref>

===Controversy=== In 2023, he sparked a controversy by commenting that the state government's compensation package of ₹5 lakh has been a contributing factor to the increasing number of farmer suicides.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farmers ending life to claim compensation, says minister Shivanand Patil |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/sep/06/farmers-ending-life-to-claimcompensation-says-ministershivanand-patil-2612121.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> As per 2019 data, Karnataka recorded second highest number of farmers' suicide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farmers who die by suicide are cowards, says Karnataka agriculture minister |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/farmers-who-commit-suicide-are-cowards-karnataka-minister-7085668/ |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==See also== * Farmers' suicides in India

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== External links == * [http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/members.htm Karnataka Legislative Assembly]

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