Shrimant Patil

Shrimant Balasaheb Patil is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Kagwad in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress.^[3][4][5][6] He was one among the 17 Congress and JD(S) legislators who withdrew their support to the H.D.Kumaraswamy government in 2019.^[7] He was disqualified from his position as legislator and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[8] He won reelection from Kagwad and was inducted into the ministry of B. S. Yediyurappa in 2020. However, he was not included into the Council of ministers when Basavaraj Bommai became Chief minister.

Shrimant Patil
Minister of Handloom & Textiles from Commerce and Industries department Minister of Minority welfare Government of Karnataka
In office 6 February 2020 – 26 July 2021
Chief Minister	B. S. Yediyurappa
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 2018–2023
Preceded by	Bharamgoud Alagoud Kage (Raju Kage)
Succeeded by	Raju Kage
Constituency	Kagwad
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-31) 31 January 1955 (age 70) Kempwad, Belgaum[1]
Political party	Bharatiya Janata party (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (till 2019)
Occupation	Agriculturist, Businessman, Educationist, Politician[2]

Education

He completed SSLC (10th Standard) from Shri Siddeshwara High School, Mole which is affiliated with Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Bangalore in 1970. Later he did B.Sc^[9] graduation from College of Agriculture, Kolhapur (affiliated with Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri) in 1974.^[10][11][12]