Shivanand Patil
Indian politician from Karnataka
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Shivanand Siddaramgouda Patil (born 23 April 1964) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.[2][3] He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka & as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Basavana Bagevadi.[4]
- Textiles
- Sugarcane Development & Directorate of Sugar
- Agricultural Marketing
Shivanand Patil | |
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2023[1] | |
| Governor | Thawarchand Gehlot |
| Cabinet | Second Siddaramaiah ministry |
| Chief Minister | Siddaramaiah |
| Ministry and Departments |
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| In office 6 June 2018 – 23 July 2019 | |
| Governor | Vajubhai Vala |
| Cabinet | Second Kumaraswamy ministry |
| Chief Minister | H. D. Kumaraswamy |
| Ministry and Departments | Health & Family Welfare |
| Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | S. K. Bellubbi |
| Constituency | Basavana Bagevadi |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| Preceded by | S. K. Bellubbi |
| Succeeded by | S. K. Bellubbi |
| Constituency | Basavana Bagevadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1964 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party Janata Dal |
| Occupation | Politician |
He was also a minister in Second H. D. Kumaraswamy ministry.[5][6]
Shivanand Patil has been appointed as Chairman for Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board in 2016.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10] As per 2019 data, Karnataka recorded second highest number of farmers' suicide.[11]