Shrimant Balasaheb Patil is an Indian politician. He was elected to the

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from Kagwad in the

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as a member of the

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. He was one among the 17

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and

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legislators who withdrew their support to the

H.D.Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

government in 2019. He was disqualified from his position as legislator and later joined the

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. He won reelection from Kagwad and was inducted into the ministry of

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in 2020. However, he was not included into the Council of ministers when

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became Chief minister.

Education

He completed SSLC (10th Standard) from Shri Siddeshwara High School,

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which is affiliated to

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in 1970. Later he did

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graduation from College of Agriculture, Kolhapur (affiliated to

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) in 1974.

References

1963 births Living people Janata Dal (Secular) politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka People from Belgaum Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 {{Karnataka-INC-politician-stub