‘Ron Gowdru’ G.S. Patil unanimously elected Karnataka Assembly Speaker
The new Speaker, besides being a politician, is a farmer, educationist, sportsperson and cooperative leader
Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil, a four-time Congress MLA from Ron in Gadag district, was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday. Popularly known as G.S. Patil, he is the 18th speaker of the Assembly since 1972. The 78-year-old Patil belongs to an agrarian political family, with his elder brother R.S.
Patil being a former MP and another brother, B.S. Patil, serving as Chief Secretary of Karnataka. Patil contested eight Assembly elections and won four. A sportsperson, Patil played as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the Mysore State team. He has two sons and a daughter, with elder son Prashanth being a doctor and younger son Mithun a civil engineer.
The BJP boycotted the election due to their disagreement with the Congress high command's decision to communicate Patil's name on AICC letterhead.
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