Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014. In 2023,Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian award of India.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian regional political party recognised as a state party in the state of Karnataka,Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded by the former prime minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda in July 1999 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal.
Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy,is an Indian politician,film producer and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was also the leader of the oppsition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is currently the president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular). He was a member of Lok Sabha and the current member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Channapatna since 2018,Ramanagara from 2004 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2018. He is the son of former prime minister of India &former Chief Minister of Karnataka H. D. Deve Gowda.
Ballari Sreeramulu is an Indian politician who served as Minister of Transport Department and Tribal Welfare of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 till 13 May 2023. He was the Minister of Social Welfare Department of Karnataka from 12 October 2020 to 26 July 2021. He was member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Bellary Rural Molakalmuru Constituency in Chitradurga district. He is the Social Welfare minister in the Government of Karnataka. He served as a Health and Family welfare minister previously from also as a Minister of Backward class welfare from September 2019 to October 2020. He serves in the Bharatiya Janata Party government led by B. S. Yediyurappa. He served as a member of Lok Sabha from 2014-2018 from Ballari.
Mandya Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India.
Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the South Indian state of Karnataka. This constituency was created in 2008 following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian lawyer and politician serving as the President of the Indian National Congress since 2022,and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2020.
Daradahalli Byregowda Chandregowda was an Indian politician who was Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,three-term MLA,one-term MLC,and Member of Parliament—three-terms from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya Sabha.
N. Chaluvaraya Swamy is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka &member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Nagamangala. He belongs to Indian National Congress.
Virajpet Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka. It is represented in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly by A. S. Ponnanna of the Indian National Congress.
Rizwan Arshad is an Indian politician serving the Indian National Congress from the southern state of India,Karnataka. He became an MLA for the first time in December 2019 after winning the bypolls from Shivajinagar Assembly. He was the Congress candidate for Bangalore Central constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha election,where he lost against BJP's P. C. Mohan. Five years later,he was the Congress-JDS joint candidate for Bangalore Central constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections,where he again lost the parliamentary election to BJP's P. C. Mohan.
K. S. Puttannaiah was an Indian politician. He was Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Melukote Assembly constituency being associated with the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party.
Mandya Assembly seat is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Mandya Lok Sabha seat.
Krishnarajpete is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Mandya Lok Sabha seat.
K. Raghavendra Hitnal is a politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of Indian National Congress. He won twice as MLA from Koppal assembly constituency.
Krishna was an Indian politician,former speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and member of the Janata Dal (Secular) from the state of Karnataka. He was born in Kothamaranahally village. He died on 21 May 2021 in Mysore,Karnataka.
Maddur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It is also part of Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.
Malavalli Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It is also part of Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.
Kirugavalu was one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It was also part of Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.
Darshan Puttannaiah is an Indian politician who has been serving as a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Melukote Assembly constituency since 2023 being associated with the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party. He is the president of Sarvodaya Karnataka Party after its renewal. He is the only son of K. S. Puttannaiah.
