C. C. Patil

Chandrakanthagouda Channappagouda Patil is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party, who had served as Minister for Women and Child Welfare department, Government of Karnataka in the D. V. Sadananada Gowda Ministry. He was a member of the legislative assembly from Nargund from 2004 to 2013 and again was re - elected during 2018 assembly elections. He is currently serving as Minister for Mines and Geology from Commerce & Industries department and Ecology & Environment department in the B. S. Yediyurappa cabinet.
He resigned as a Minister on 8 February 2012 during the Karnataka video clip controversy.