Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil

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Amarsinh Vasanthrao Patil

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Babagouda Rudragouda Patil
Succeeded by	Suresh Angadi
Constituency	Belgaum
President, Zila Parishad, Belgaum district
In office 1987–1992

Personal details
Born	(1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 64) Ghataprabha, Mysore State, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (till 2016)
Spouse	Bhagyashree A. Patil (m. 1989)
Relations	Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil (Brother), Pranay Vivek Patil (Nephew)
Children	1 Son and 1 daughter
Parents	V.L. Patil (father) Arunadevi V. Patil (mother)
Residence(s)	Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Amarsinh Vasanthrao Patil (born 1960) is an Indian politician, and member of 13th Lok Sabha.^[1] He was runner up for 13th Lok Sabha election and 15th Lok Sabha elections from Belgaum.^[2] Before being elected to Lok Sabha, he was the President Belgaum district Zila Parishad. He is the son of V.L. Patil, a politician and freedom fighter. His brother Vivekrao Vasanthrao Patil is an elected member of the legislative council and was elected independently with a record victory margin that was the highest in the state since independence. He was elected director of the Karnataka Milk Federation and then elected as the chairman. Vivekrao is a member of the Belgaum Chamber of Commerce, a chairman of the Raibag Sugar Factory and a chairman of the Belgaum District Co-operative bank. He runs a chain of over 50 educational institutions in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa. He is also a writer and among other things has written several novels. One of them, Dawn to Dust, was a best selling romantic tragedy novel in Europe and India. A Bollywood movie (Dhadkan) was based on it.^{[citation needed]}

He was first affiliated with Indian National Congress and later joined Bharatiya Janata Party at Chinchali in Raibag Taluk of Belgaum district in presence of Pralhad Joshi, was President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka^[3]

References

^ Patil, Shri Amarsinh Vasantrao
^ AMARSINH VASANTRAO PATIL is Congress candidate for Belgaum
^ Uppar, Ravindra (9 April 2016). "Ex-Congress MP Amarsihn Patil joins BJP". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

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