Basangouda Patil Yatnal

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Basangouda Patil Yatnal
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Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
15 May 2018
Preceded byMakbul S Bagawan
ConstituencyBijapur City
In office
1994 - 1999
Preceded byUstad Mehboob Patel
Succeeded byUstad Mehboob Patel
ConstituencyBijapur
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
6 January 2016 – 15 May 2018
Succeeded bySunil Gouda B. Patil
ConstituencyBijapur Local Authorities
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byM. B. Patil
Succeeded byRamesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
ConstituencyBijapur
Minister of State
Government of India
In office
1 July 2002 - 22 May 2004
Template:CentreTemplate:Centre
Minister of Railways8 September 2003 - 22 May 2004
Minister of Textiles1 July 2002 - 8 September 2003
Personal details
Born (1963-12-13) 13 December 1963 (age 60)
Bijapur, Karnataka
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(1994-2010) (2013-2015)
(2018 Onwards)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal (Secular)
(2010-2013)
Spouse(s)Shailaja Basangouda Patil
Children2 sons
Parent(s)Ramanagouda B. Patil Yatnal and Kashibai R. Patil Yatnal
ResidenceVijayapura
CM of Karnataka

Basangouda Ramangouda Patil Yatnal (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian BJP politician who was the Minister of state for Textile from 1 July 2002 to 8 September 2003 and Minister of state for Railways from 8 September 2003 to 16 May 2004 and current MLA from Vijayapur City since from 2018. He has been a member of parliament from the Bijapur constituency for two terms and has been as a member of the legislative council from the Bijapur Local Authorities constituency for one term.

Political career[edit]

Yatnal contested as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected from the Bijapur constituency in the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.[1] In the 1999 Indian general election, he contested and was elected from the Bijapur constituency of the Lok Sabha.[2] He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2004 Indian general election.[3] He was denied candidacy to contest on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2009 Indian general election.[4]

In 2010, he joined the Janata Dal (Secular).[5] In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, he contested as a candidate of the Janata Dal (Secular) but the lost the election from the Bijapur constituency.[6] He later rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party after being denied the post of state president by the Janata Dal (Secular) in the same year.[7]

In 2015, he was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party for 6 years for not withdrawing his nomination as an independent candidate for the twin constituencies of the Bijapur Local Authorities constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Council.[8] He won the election alongside S. R. Patil of the Indian National Congress.[9]

In 2018, he was re-inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party after 3 years.[10] The Deccan Chronicle noted that his adoption of a hardcore Hindu nationalist stance and support of the Lingayat community aided him in being considered by the party president Amit Shah without understanding the local politics and BSY capability.[11] He contested as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the election for a 2nd time from the Bijapur constituency in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.[12]

Controversies[edit]

In February 2020, Yatnal sparked a row by calling centenarian freedom fighter H. S. Doreswamy, a Pakistani agent.[13]

On 9 November, 2020, Yatnal took a jibe at Islamic and Christian festivals and practices and called for “noiseless Fridays, bloodless Bakrid and cracker-less New Year Eve”.[14]

Positions held[edit]

  • Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly - 1994-1999.
  • Member, 13th Loksabha - 1999.
  • Member, Committee on Industry - 1999-2002
  • Member, Parliament Committee on Industry.
  • Member, Parliament Committee on Private Members'Bills and Resolutions - 1999-2002
  • Member, Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resources Development - 2000-2002
  • Union Minister of State, Ministry of Textiles: 1 July 2002 - 8 Sept. 2003
  • Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways: 8 Sept. 2003- May 2004
  • Member, 14th Loksabha - 2004. (Reelected)
  • Member, Parliament Committee on Labour.
  • Member, Parliament House Committee.
  • Member, Parliament Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
  • Member of legislative council ( 2015–2018)
  • Member of legislative assembly (2018-Present)

Social Activism[edit]

Has been a hard-core supporter and a grass root karyakarta of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from a very young age, from working as a root level worker to holding mukhya shikshak positions in various parts of the state. Apart from these official positions has been involved in various philantropical and social welfare activities, currently managing multiple education institutions of which one provides absolutely free education to the underprivileged. Also established a Gaushala in 2014, on a sprawling 80 acres land, which currently shelters and nurtures about 1000 stray cows. The Gaushala also provides a dedicated 24x7 ambulance service for the stray cows. Lately, in December 2018 played a host to one of the biggest socia-cultural event in the history of south India, Bharatiya Sanskruti Utsava, a week long event organised to create an awareness and enlighten the current & future citizens of India about the rich heritage and culture of our incredible country. Over 25 lakh people from all parts of India visited this historic event to make it a huge success.


• Walked about 180 km from Bhima river to Krishna river as a protest for irregularities in irrigation works.

• Successfully protested to raise the height of Almatti dam, which in turn helped thousands of farmers.

• Successfully organised a social movement to convert the railway from meter gauge to broad gauge.

• Led Mulwad lift irrigation movement to help the farmers in this region.

References[edit]

  1. "Karnataka 1994". Election Commission of India.
  2. "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India.
  3. "General Election, 2004 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India.
  4. 16 March 2009. "BJP MP begins BJP Ulisi campaign". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020.
  5. "Basanagouda Patil Yatnal joins JD(S) in Vijayapura". The Hindu. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020.
  6. "Karnataka 2013". Election Commission of India.
  7. "Yatnal quits JD(S), may rejoin BJP". Deccan Herald. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. "MLC polls: BJP expels rebel Yatnal for six years". Coastal Digest. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  9. "MLC polls LIVE: Congress wins in Bidar, Ballari, Raichur-Koppal". NewsKarnataka. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020.
  10. Moudgal, Sandeep (4 April 2018). "BJP: Estranged BJP man Yatnal, JD(S) MLA Khuba join party in Bengaluru". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  11. "Patil Yatnal entry triggers dissent in BJP". Deccan Chronicle. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  12. "Karnataka General Legislative Election 2018". Election Commission of India.
  13. "Karnataka BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal calls centenarian freedom fighter Doreswamy 'Pak agent', sparks row". Hindustan Times. 3 March 2020.
  14. "Let there also be noiseless Fridays, bloodless Bakrid: Senior BJP leader Yatnal". 9 November 2020.

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