M. B. Patil
Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil (born 7 October 1964) is an Indian politician, who served as the Home Minister of Karnataka. He was earlier the Minister for Water Resources in Siddaramaiah cabinet. He is a former member of the Lok Sabha and is being elected for the fifth time as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the President of BLDE Association. He belongs to the dominant Lingayat Community. Early life and education. He is the elder son of Shri B.M.Patil, a politician and an educationist. M. B Patil graduated in Bachelors in Engineering, Civil Engineering at the  BLDEA's Vachana Pitamaha P G Halakatti College of Engineering, Vijayapur. Career. Social work. M.B.Patil has been involved in various social works including 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 Political career. Patil started his political career in 1991. He was allotted with the Irrigation Ministry in Siddaramaiah’s cabinet in 2013. His works as the Irrigation Minister of Karnataka gave a new lease of life of various stalled irrigation projects across Karnataka. Further they have earned him different  tags, "Waterman of Karnataka", "Aadhunika Bhagiratha" etc. As the irrigation minister, he worked on the problem of inter-state river water disputes. He was allotted Home Ministry in Dec 2018 in H D Kumaraswamy’s cabinet. Having 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.