Aravind Limbavali | |
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| Minister of Forest Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 21 January 2021 –28 July 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Preceded by | Anand Singh |
| Succeeded by | Umesh Katti |
| Minister of Kannada &Culture Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 21 January 2021 –28 July 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Preceded by | C. T. Ravi |
| Succeeded by | V. Sunil Kumar |
| Minister of Health &Family Welfare Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 12 July 2012 –13 May 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Jagadish Shettar |
| Preceded by | B. Sriramulu |
| Succeeded by | U. T. Khader |
| Minister of Higher Education Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 7 June 2008 –23 September 2010 | |
| Chief Minister | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Preceded by | D. H. Shankaramurthy |
| Succeeded by | V. S. Acharya |
| Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2008–2023 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Constituency | Mahadevapura |
| Member of Karnataka Legislative Council | |
| In office 15 June 2004 –27 May 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | G. M. Madhu |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1967 Bagalkot,Mysore State,India |
| Political party | |
| Spouse | Manjula |
| Education | B.E. (Civil) |
| Alma mater | B.M.S. Institute of Technology and Management,BMS College of Engineering |
| Website | bjparvind |
Aravind Limbavali is an Indian politician who has served as a minister in the Karnataka government on four occasions. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly [1] and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [2] He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly for the Mahadevapura constituency from 2008 to 2023. [3] [4]
Aravind Limbavali was born on 1 February 1967 in Bagalkot,Mysuru State,India.[ citation needed ]
He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) student wing as a student and has been involved with the RSS for over 35 years. [3] He has also been an active member for Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP),serving as its national secretary from 1992–1995 and leading it's "Save the Campus" campaign. [5]
As a student,Libavali was part of the Karnataka team that selected five student leaders for the "Kashmir Chalo" movement. Limbavali was one of the five students chosen to raise the tri-color flag in Srinagar. The team reached Udhampur and was prevented from going further. [5]
In 2012,the Karnataka High Court stayed proceedings against Limbavali in an unauthorized construction complaint and acquitted him in the case. [6]
Limbavali was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the 2013 election from the Mahadevapura constituency with 110,244 votes,defeating Srinivasa A.C. of the Indian National Congress by 6149 votes. [1] He was then re-elected in the Karnataka Assembly Elections held in May 2018 from the Mahadevapura constituency.
In an interview with Dighvijay News,Limbavali defended his directing of police to remove an activist from a protest,claiming that as long as he had not raped her,the episode should not be an issue. [7] [8] The use of word rape while describing the argument was met with public outcry. [9] [7]
In March 2020, Limbavali was responsible for sequestering BJP members from Madhya Pradesh at a resort in Bengaluru, while Jyotiraditya Scindia led a mass-defection that resulted in the fall of the Kamal Nath government. The Deccan Chronicle wrote that "Limbavali, 53, is so skillful at managing horsetrading manouevres [ sic ] that the media here has been finding it difficult to track down exact the whereabouts of the herd of 19." [10]