Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda or Devegowda is an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party. Born in a farming family,he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953,and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994,and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. In the 1996 general elections,no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front,a coalition of regional parties,formed the central government with the support of the Congress,Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government after V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu declined the post and he was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister,he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year. After his prime ministerial tenure,he was elected to the 12th (1998),14th (2004),15th,and 16th Lok Sabha,as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.
Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018,being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is presently the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency from 2023,previously from 2008 to 2018,Badami Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023,and Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2007,1994 to 1999,and from 1983 to 1989 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular). He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on two occasions,from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013. Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years.
Rama Gundu Rao was the Chief Minister of Karnataka state from 1980 to 1983.
Bangalore South is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state,in southern India. Currently the seat is held by Tejasvi Surya of Bharatiya Janata Party who won against Sowmya Reddy of Indian National Congress by a margin of 277083 votes in the 2024 Indian general election.
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.
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.
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar,also known by his initials as D. K. Shivakumar,is an Indian politician and businessman who is the 9th and Current Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and also Water resources and Bengaluru Development and Town Planning &Bengaluru Urban District Incharge Minister since 20 May 2023 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He is also the President of the Karnataka PCC since 2020 and was the Working President from 2008 to 2010. He was the cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka from 2014 to 2019. He represented the Kanakapura constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008 and from Sathanur Assembly constituency from 1989 to 2004.
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.
Tanveer Aziz Sait is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka from 2016 to 2018. He is Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Narasimharaja constituency since May 2002. Sait is a six-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar,following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya Kumar and a voter fraud scandal respectively till 28 May. The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13 per cent,the highest in Karnataka since several decades. The counting of votes took place on 15 May 2018.
The Siddaramaiah cabinet was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by Siddaramaiah that was formed after the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.
Shivajinagar is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. After the boundaries of this constituency were redrawn in 2008 delimitation exercise,it became a stronghold of Roshan Baig,but he left Congress in 2019. Muslims and Christians make up 38% and 4% of the electorate in this constituency respectively.
I Monetary Advisory (IMA) was an Indian investment company,with headquarters in Bangalore. Its collapse was one in a long line of similar collapses over the preceding few years,of companies purporting to be Islamic banking companies,with investors in India and the United Arab Emirates,that investigating authorities afterwards stated to have been Ponzi schemes,including:Heera Group;Morgenall,Capital Plus,and Capital Infrastructure;Injaz International,Ajmera,Aleef,Aala Ventures,Ambidant,and Burraqh;and Sunfeast Infotech,SpeakAsia,MMA Forex,Gold AE,Ferryland Tourism,UT Markets and Exential Group. Total losses to investors over 14 such companies have been conservatively estimated at ₹5,000 crore (US$600 million) with the loss due to IMA alone estimated at ₹2,500 crore (US$300 million)
Arbail Shivaram Hebbar is an Indian politician who is the Minister of the Labour Department of Karnataka since 6 February 2020. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yellapura in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress but switched to Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and won the by-elections in December 2019.
Keshavareddy Sudhakar is an Indian politician and also he was Ex-Minister of Medical Education and Health of Karnataka from 6 February 2020 to 13 May 2023. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chikkaballapur in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress and later was re-elected to the house in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He also contested in 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in Chikballapur from BJP but lost to INC Candidate Pradeep Eshwar. In March 2024,he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Chikballapur Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chikkaballapur in the 18th Lok Sabha as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Shettihalli Timmegowda Somashekhar Gowda is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Co-Operation of Karnataka from 6 February 2020 until 13 May 2023. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Yeshvanthapura in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He later switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the by-election in 2019. He got re-elected on a BJP ticket in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election. As of 19 August 2023,speculations are rife that he may switch back to his old party,the INC,amidst allegations that local BJP leaders are hindering his political growth.
Kamakshipalya Gopalaiah is an Indian politician who was serving as the Minister of Excise of Karnataka from 21 January 2021 till May 2023. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mahalakshmi Layout in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of Janata Dal (Secular). Later,he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 and won the by-elections the same year. He is now a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka,having won from Mahalakshmi Layout in Bangalore. His party,the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election to the Indian National Congress.
R. Gundu Rao was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by R. Gundu Rao of the Indian National Congress (Indira).
Hirisave Chowdegowda Srikantaiah was an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress party and a Member of Parliament of 9th Lok Sabha. He was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Shravanabelagola assembly constituency in Hassan from 1972 to 1985 and from 1999 to 2004. He was a Minister in Government of Karnataka in cabinets of Devaraj Urs,Veerendra Patil and S.M Krishna holding portfolios such as Revenue,Urban Development,Forest,Minor Irrigation,Public Works and Municipal Administration.
A. Lakshmisagar was an Indian politician,advocate,and professor of law. He was a member of the Janata Party and served as the Law Minister in the Ramakrishna Hegde cabinet. He also served as a corporator from 1972 to 1975. He was elected three times consecutively as an MLA to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Chikpet constituency in 1978,1983 and 1985. During his career,he held multiple portfolios including Law and Parliamentary Affairs,Housing,Revenue and Public Grievances,and Urban Development. He once served as the Chief Minister's representative when Ramakrishna went on an official trip abroad.
