Hanumanthagowda Krishnegowda Patil (born 15 August 1953) is an

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politician from Gadag in

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. He is the current

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for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Karnataka. He was the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister in the

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headed by Siddaramaiah. He currently represents the Gadag Assembly Constituency in

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Personal life

He is the son of Late Sri. K. H. Patil, a renowned politician and former Minister for Co-operation,

Political career

Patil got widespread accolades for enthusiastically involving himself with the expansion of

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across the state and spearheading the attempt for

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while being the Minister for

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. A veteran Congressman, he was also the

for textiles major irrigation, agriculture and Law and Parliamentary Affairs,

and Leader of Opposition and Member of

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. During his term as

for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj,

, Karnataka bagged the E-Award instituted by the centre for effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Panchayat Raj department for the year 2015–16.

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presented the award on 24 April 2017 in Lucknow during an event to mark National Panchayat Raj Day. His Rural Development and Panchayat Raj,

department won National awards successively for record 4 years from 2014–15 to 2017–18. Recently he stated to Assembly that about 74,558 cases were pending against Karnataka government as on date and overall in Karnataka as many as 21.68 lakh cases are pending in the courts - 2.71 lakh in the High Court and 18.96 lakh in district courts.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patil, H. K. 1953 births Living people State cabinet ministers of Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028 Leaders of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council People from Gadag district Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka