| Basangouda Patil Yatnal | |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Bijapur, Karnataka |
| Residence: | Vijayapura |
| Office1: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 15 May 2018 |
| Constituency1: | Bijapur City |
| Predecessor1: | Makbul S Bagawan |
| Predecessor2: | Ustad Mehboob Patel |
| Term2: | 1994 - 1999 |
| Successor2: | Ustad Mehboob Patel |
| Constituency2: | Bijapur |
| Office3: | Member of Karnataka Legislative Council |
| Constituency3: | Bijapur Local Authorities |
| Term Start3: | 6 January 2016 |
| Term End3: | 15 May 2018 |
| Successor3: | Sunil Gouda B. Patil |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency4: | Bijapur |
| Predecessor4: | M. B. Patil |
| Term Start4: | 1999 |
| Term End4: | 2009 |
| Successor4: | Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi |
| Office5: | Minister of State Government of India |
| Term5: | 1 July 2002 - 22 May 2004 |
| 2Blankname5: | Minister of Railways |
| 2Namedata5: | 8 September 2003 - 22 May 2004 |
| 3Blankname5: | Minister of Textiles |
| 3Namedata5: | 1 July 2002 - 8 September 2003 |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (1994-2010,2013-2015;2018-) |
| Spouse: | Shailaja Basangouda Patil |
| Children: | 2 sons |
| Parents: | Ramanagouda B. Patil Yatnal and Kashibai R. Patil Yatnal |
| Otherparty: | Janata Dal (Secular) (2010-2013) |
Basangouda Ramangouda Patil Yatnal (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and Hindu leader 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.
Yatnal contested as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected from the Bijapur constituency in the 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.[1] In the 1999 Indian general election, he contested and was elected from the Bijapur constituency of the Lok Sabha.[2] He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2004 Indian general election.[3] 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.[4]
In 2010, he joined the Janata Dal (Secular).[5] 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.[6] He later rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party after being denied the post of state president by the Janata Dal (Secular) in the same year.[7]
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.[8] He won the election alongside S. R. Patil of the Indian National Congress.[9]
In 2018, he was re-inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party after 3 years.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]
In February 2020, Yatnal sparked a row by calling centenarian freedom fighter H. S. Doreswamy, a Pakistani agent.[13]
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”.[14]