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.
Dharam Narayan Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 28 May 2004 to 28 January 2006 and Member of the Lok Sabha from Bidar Lok Sabha constituency,in 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014.
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.
Sarekoppa Bangarappa was an Indian politician who was the 6th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.
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.
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is represented the Bangalore North constituency in the parliament from 2014 to 2024. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Marpadi Veerappa Moily is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. Moily was the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Blasius M. D'Souza was an Indian politician from Mangalore. A member of the Indian National Congress from Mangalore City,he was a minister in the Karnataka state government.
B. Nagaraja Shetty is an Indian politician who has been a minister in the Government of Karnataka.
Basavaraj Somappa Bommai is an Indian politician and engineer who is currently serving as the Lok Sabha MP of Haveri and previously served as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 18 July 2021 to 19 May 2023. He formerly served as the Interim Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he was former member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United). He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the legislature of Karnataka for Shiggaon,from where he has been elected four times since 2008. Between 1998 and 2008,he was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from Dharwad local authorities. He served as Minister for Water Resources and major and medium irrigation from 2008 to 2013,Home Affairs,Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Cooperation between 2019 and 2021 minister in charge of Haveri and Udupi districts from 2019 to 2021.
U. T. Khader Fareed is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 23rd Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly,since May 2023. He previously served as the Cabinet Minister for Health &Family Welfare,Food,Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and also for Urban Development and Housing in Government of Karnataka.
Abhayachandra Jain is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Moodabidri constituency. He is the honourable president of excellent PU college Moodbidri.
Krishnappa Bhimappa Koliwad is an Indian politician who was the 20th speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and member of the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. Koliwad is a five-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Koliwad was elected Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in July 2016 which was vacated by Kagodu Thimmappa who was inducted as a minister in the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka. Koliwad was the 20th speaker of the lower house.
Pramod Madhwaraj is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the state of Karnataka. In June 2016 Madhwaraj was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister with Independent Charge. Madhwaraj holds the Youth Empowerment and Sports Department,Fisheries Department portfolio in the Government of Karnataka. He is the 10th richest minister in Karnataka to be sworn into the Karnataka Cabinet. Madhwaraj was born in Koli caste of Karnataka state of India.
U Rajesh Naik is a politician from Bantwal Karnataka. He is the Member of Legislative Assembly from Bantwal since May 2018 after he defeated Indian National Congress's candidate Ramanath Rai by 15,971 votes contesting the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.
Kota Shrinivas Poojari is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician hailing from Kota,Karnataka. He served as the Minister of Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Welfare Department of Karnataka between 2021 and 2023. He was also the Leader of the House,Karnataka Legislative Council and the COVID-19 Management District in-charge Minister for Kodagu. He has been appointed the BJP National Executive Committee member from 7 October 2021.
Bantval Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.
Vadigenahalli Munishamappa Muniyapppa is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Sericulture department (1991),Minister of Energy (1993) and Minister of Mines &Geology (1999) in cabinet of S. Bangarappa,Veerappa Moily and S. M. Krishna respectively. Currently he is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Sidlaghatta Constituency. He has been contesting Member of the Legislative Assembly elections from Sidlaghatta of Chikkaballapur district since 1983 as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He is one of the senior leaders of Indian National Congress- Karnataka and elected six times as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sidlaghatta. He was selected as a candidate to contest Member of Legislative Assembly nine times and one time for Member of Parliament (1996).
Dr. Malapalli Chowdareddy Sudhakar is an Indian politician serving as Cabinet Minister for Higher education,Government of Karnataka in cabinet of Siddaramaiah. He is serving as Member of the Legislative Assembly for third time from Chintamani Assembly under Indian National Congress.
