Political career
Yatnal contested as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected from the Bijapur constituency in the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. [2] In the 1999 Indian general election,he contested and was elected from the Bijapur constituency of the Lok Sabha. [3] He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2004 Indian general election. [4] He was denied candidacy to contest on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2009 Indian general election as Bijapur constituency became SC reserved after Delimitation. [5]
In 2010,he joined the Janata Dal (Secular). [6] In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election,he contested as a candidate of the Janata Dal (Secular) but lost the election from the Bijapur constituency. [7] He later rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party after being denied the post of state president by the Janata Dal (Secular) in the same year. [8]
In 2015,he was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party for 6 years for not withdrawing his nomination as an independent candidate for the twin constituencies of the Bijapur Local Authorities constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Council. [9] He won the election alongside S. R. Patil of the Indian National Congress. [10]
In 2018,he was re-inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party after 3 years. [11] The Deccan Chronicle noted that his adoption of a hardcore Hindu nationalist stance and support of the Lingayat community aided him in being considered by the party president Amit Shah without understanding the local politics and BSY capability. [12] He contested as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the election for a 2nd time from the Bijapur constituency in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. [13]
In February 2020,Yatnal sparked a row by calling centenarian freedom fighter H. S. Doreswamy,a Pakistani agent. [14]
On 9 November 2020,Yatnal had a jibe at Islamic and Christian festivals and practices and called for “noiseless Fridays,bloodless Bakrid and cracker-less New Year Eve”. [15]
On 26 March 2025,Bharatiya Janata Party –Karnataka expelled Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for six years for his anti-party stands with factional activities against the state president. [16] [17]
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