First Veerendra Patil ministry

First Veerendra Patil ministry
First Veerendra Patil ministry
12th Council of Ministers of Mysore State
Date formed	29 May 1968
Date dissolved	18 March 1971
People and organisations
Head of state	Gopal Swarup Pathak; (13 May 1967 – 30 August 1969); Dharma Vira; (23 October 1970 – 1 February 1972); Mohanlal Sukhadia; (1 February 1972 – 10 January 1975)
Head of government	Veerendra Patil
Member parties	Indian National Congress (Organisation)
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (R)
Opposition leader	H. Siddaveerappa (assembly)
History
Election	1967
Outgoing election	1972
Legislature terms	6 years (Council) ; 5 years (Assembly)
Predecessor	Fourth Nijalingappa ministry
Successor	First Urs ministry

Veerendra Patil was the Council of Ministers in Mysore, a state in South India headed by Veerendra Patil^[1] of the Indian National Congress.

The ministry had multiple ministers including the Chief Minister of Mysore.^[2] All ministers belonged to the Indian National Congress (Organisation).

Veerendra Patil became Chief minister after incumbent Chief Minister of Mysore S. Nijalingappa moved to federal politics and became President of All India Congress Committee. Meanwhile, Nijalingappa chose Patil as his successor.^[3]^[4]

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers

S.No	Portfolio	Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Party
1	Chief Minister^[5] *Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Veerendra Patil ^[6]		29 May 1968	18 March 1971	Indian National Congress (Organisation)
2	Finance	Ramakrishna Hegde^[7]	Haliyal	29 May 1968	18 March 1971	Indian National Congress (Organisation)
3	Labour, Law and Parliamentary affairs.	Kalastavadi Puttaswamy^[8]	Chamundeshwari	29 May 1968	18 March 1971	Indian National Congress (Organisation)
4	Education	K. V. Shankaregowda^[9]	MLC	29 May 1968	18 March 1971	Indian National Congress (Organisation)