Karemma Nayak

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Karemma Nayak is an Indian politician from Karnataka. She is a first-time member [1] of the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Devadurga constituency in Raichur district. [2] [3] She won on a Janata Dal (S) ticket. She defeated former minister K. Shivanagouda Nayak.

Background

Karemma hails from an agricultural family in Raichur district. She has been fighting in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region on issues like malnutrition and against land grabbers. [4] She has been facing threats from land mafia and she was allegedly been implicated in many false cases. In 2005, she was the president of the Musthur Gram Panchayat. [1]

In September 2023, she opposed JD(S) support to BJP. [5] In June 2023, she was allegedly attacked by a mob at Bandegud tanda in the Raichur district. [6]

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