New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expelled its Karnataka MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal for six years over his ‘anti-party’ remarks. The letter issued by BJP’s Central Disciplinary Committee said that they reviewed Yatnal’s response to a show-cause notice issued to him on February 10 ... The BJP Central Disciplinary Committee on Sunday has issued a show-cause notice to “rebel” leader and senior MLA Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal for allegedly violating party discipline by... Basangouda Ramangouda Patil Yatnal (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian BJP politician who was the Minister of state for Textiles from 1 July 2002 to 8 September 2003 and Minister of state for Railways from 8 September 2003 to 16 May 2004 and current MLA from Bijapur City Assembly constituency since 2018. He has been a member of parliament from the Bijapur constituency for two terms and has been a member of the legislative council from the Bijapur Local Authorities constituency for one term ... BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Feb. 2023 made a statement targeting Muslims in the state and comparing them with the late ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan and urged not to cast votes for Muslims, even by mistake.
