Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. It is the fourth largest Municipal Corporation in India and is responsible for a population of 8.4 million in an area of 741 km2. Its boundaries have expanded more than 10 times over the last six decades.
The Government of Karnataka,abbreviated as GoK or GoKA,formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974),is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and on the advice of the chief minister appoints their council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state,the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and their council of ministers in whom a great amount of legislative powers are vested.
Girinagar is a residential area in South West Bengaluru,very close to Mysore Road. This medium-sized locality is surrounded by Nayandahalli in the west,Byatarayanapura and Deepanjali Nagar in the north,Srinagar in the east and Hosakerehalli in the south.
Kombarana Ganapathy Bopaiah is an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been appointed the pro tem speaker of the Legislative Assembly by the Governor of Karnataka.
Dinesh Gundu Rao is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress from Karnataka. He is serving as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Karnataka. He is also the Incharge of All India Congress Committee of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. He was the President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and the member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Ramaiah Ashoka is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is now currently serving as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly (2023-),previously served as the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly,Minister of Revenue,Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Transport under the BJP government. He has also served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare under the coalition government of BJP and JDS. He is a Seven-time MLA for Padmanabhanagar Assembly Constituency.
GangadharaiahParameshwara is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Home Minister of Karnataka since 27 May 2023. He has also served as the seventh Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka,and longest-serving President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee for two consecutive terms.
Chikkakalya Narayanappa Ashwathnarayan is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Electronics,Information Technology - Biotechnology,Science and Technology,Higher Education,Skill Development,Entrepreneurship and Livelihood in Government of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 13 May 2023. He served as the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 26 July 2021. He is a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Malleshwaram constituency.
Kelachandra Joseph George is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister of Energy in Government of Karnataka and as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Sarvagnanagar.
Mandepanda Poovaiah Appachu Ranjan is an Indian politician who was the former Minister for Youth Services and Sports in Karnataka,a state in Southern India. He is a leader of the BJP in Karnataka and a fifth time Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Madikeri Constituency in Kodagu district,Karnataka. He belongs to the Kodava Hindu community.
Dr Ajay Dharam Singh is an Indian politician who is the current President of Kalyan Karnataka Region Development Board and member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Jevaragi constituency and Deputy Leader of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 12 March 2020. He is the son of former chief minister of Karnataka Dharam Singh.
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.
Muniswamappa Krishnappa is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is currently serving as member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Vijay Nagar.
Singanayakanahalli Ramaiah Vishwanath is an Indian politician who is currently serving as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yelahanka since 25 May 2008. He is a former chairman of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and is presently a member of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board.
G. Padmavathi is an Indian politician. She was 50th and also the seventh female Mayor of Bangalore.
Coorg was a constituency of the Lok Sabha. It was used in the parliamentary election of 1951–1952. The constituency elected a single member of the Lok Sabha and was the sole Lok Sabha seat for the Coorg State. As of 1952,the constituency had 94,593 eligible voters.
The 2015 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike election was held on 22 April 2015 in all 198 Wards of Bangalore (Bengaluru).
M. Raghupathy was an Indian politician and senior leader of the erstwhile Janata Parivar (JNP) who served as the Higher Education Minister in the cabinet of former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde from 1976 to 1982. He also served as MLC and was elected twice as MLA to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly,once from the Shivajinagar constituency in 1983 and once from the Malleshwaram constituency in 1985. He was known to be close to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao.
A. S. Ponnanna is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MLA from Virajpet Assembly constituency in Kodagu district. He represents Indian National Congress Party and won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.
Mantar Gowda is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MLA from Madikeri Assembly constituency in Kodagu district. He represents Indian National Congress Party and won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.
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