Shivanand Patil

Shivanand Siddaramgouda Patil (born 23 April 1964) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.

[7] In March 2004, he quit the BJP expressing unhappiness with the party's "internal culture".

[8] In 2023, he sparked a controversy by commenting that the state government's compensation package of ₹5 lakh has been a contributing factor to the increasing number of farmer suicides.

[9] As per 2019 data, Karnataka recorded second highest number of farmers' suicide.

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