Araga Jnanendra

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Araga Jnanendra
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Minister of Home Affairs
Government of Karnataka
In office
4 August 2021 –13 May 2023

He is a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and began his career in electoral politics in 1983. [3]

In 1983 and 1985 he contested and lost Member of Legislative assembly (MLA) elections. [4]

In 1986 he won Jilla Parishatha election and worked as President of Krushi Sthayi Samithi. In 1989 he lost the MLA elections for the third time. [4] He finally won the Member of Legislative assembly (MLA) election for the first time in 1994. [4]

Beginning in 1991 he worked in Shimoga Co-operative Milk Dairy.

He was reelected in the MLA election in 1999 and 2004 [4] but in 2009 he lost the MLA election. [5]

In 2009 he was selected Chairman of Mysore Paper Mills, Badravathi.

In 2013 he lost the MLA election. [6] [7]

In 2018 he won the Assembly election by a margin of 22000 votes. [8] [9]

In 2021 he was sworn in as cabinet minister in Govt. of Karnataka. [10]

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  2. ↑ "Araga Jnanendra(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- TIRTHAHALLI(SHIMOGA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Six new faces in the Cabinet". The Hindu. 5 August 2021.
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  7. ↑ "In The Times Of Big Fat Weddings, Karnataka's BJP MLA Weds Son In A Simple Mass Marriage". The Logical Indian. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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