Babagouda Patil
Babagouda Patil is a former union minister of the state of India. He was Minister of Rural Areas & Employment in the Second Vajpayee Ministry.
Patil was elected to the Lok Sabha from Belagavi in Karnataka on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Before joining BJP he was founder and chairperson of “Karnataka Rajya Raityasangha” through which he worked for the welfare of Indian farmers. He has been active in the farmers' movement in Karnataka. He joined JD.
