Adaguru Huchegowda Vishwanath is an Indian politician from Karnataka state. He is a leader of Indian National Congress. He is a Nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He was the former president of Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Basangouda Ramangouda Patil Yatnal is an Indian BJP politician who was the Minister of state for Textiles from 1 July 2002 to 8 September 2003 and Minister of state for Railways from 8 September 2003 to 16 May 2004 and current MLA from Bijapur City Assembly constituency since 2018. He has been a member of parliament from the Bijapur constituency for two terms and has been a member of the legislative council from the Bijapur Local Authorities constituency for one term.
Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar is an Indian politician from Karnataka. She is currently serving as the Minister of Women and Child Development,and Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment in the Government of Karnataka. As a member of the Indian National Congress,she is an elected member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Belagavi Rural.
Ganesh Hukkeri is an Indian politician. He is the current Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chikkodi-Sadalga. He holds Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Bharatesh College Of Business Administration in Belagavi.
Satish Laxmanrao Jarkiholi is an Indian politician &mass leader of Belgavi from Indian National Congress. He is currently serving as the Minister of Public Works Department in Government of Karnataka &as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Yemakanmardi constituency since 2008.
Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarkiholi is an Indian politician who is the current MLA from Arabhavi,Belgaum district and chairman of Karnataka Milk Federation. He and his 4 brothers are all very active in local politics.
Baburao Chinchansur is an Indian politician and who served as an MLA represented Gurmitkal for three terms and Chittapur for two terms from the state of Karnataka and served as a Minister of Textiles,Ports &Inland Transport of Karnataka from 2013 to 2016. He also served as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from 2022 to 2023.
Anand Prithviraj Singh is an Indian politician who earlier served as Minister of Tourism,Ecology and Environment of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 13 May 2023. He was the Minister of Infrastructure development,Hajj &Waqf Department of Karnataka from 10 February 2021 to 26 July 2021. He is a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Vijayanagara constituency from 16 May 2018.
Angara Sullia is an Indian politician who is the Ex Minister of state for Fisheries,Ports and Inland Transport Department of Karnataka from January 2021. He is a six term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is currently minister for second time from 4 August 2021. On April 12,2023,S Angara announced to resign from politics.
Govind Muktappa Karjol,is an Indian politician who is the former Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation,water Resources of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 till 15 May 2023.
Madan Kaushik is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the immediate past BJP's state president in Uttarakhand and serving his fifth term as MLA from Haridwar constituency. He is the former spokesperson for the Government of Uttarakhand. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly from Haridwar uttarakhand. He served as the cabinet minister from 2017 to 2021 and also,from 2007 to 2012 in Bhartiya Janta Party government under the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat,Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri and Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. He was first elected as a member of the Legislative assembly in the year 2002 and subsequently in the year 2007,2012,2017 and 2022. In 2017,he won the elections with a margin of more than 37,000 votes,thereby getting the 68% of the total polled votes. He further won 2022 elections to serve his fifth term by winning with a margin of more than 15,000 votes.
Abhay Kumar Patil also popularly known as Abhay Patil is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the Member of Legislative Assembly representing Bharatiya Janata Party Belgaum Dakshin and was also the Member of Legislative Assembly of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2004-2008 where he represented Hire Bagewadi constituency and from 2009-2013 he represented Belagavi Dakshin.
The 2019 Karnataka political crisis was a period of political instability when members of the legislative assembly in the Indian State of Karnataka submitted their resignations,which led to the fall of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the state.
Shrimant Balasaheb Patil is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Kagwad in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was one among the 17 Congress and JD(S) legislators who withdrew their support to the H.D.Kumaraswamy government in 2019. He was disqualified from his position as legislator and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won reelection from Kagwad and was inducted into the ministry of B. S. Yediyurappa in 2020. However,he was not included into the Council of ministers when Basavaraj Bommai became Chief minister.
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.
M. T. B. Nagaraj is an Indian politician from Karnataka state and who is the current Minister of Small Scale Industries and Municipal Administration of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He is a member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Bharatiya Janata Party since 2020. Also he was district incharge of Bangalore Rural District from 24 June 2021 to date.
Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage or Raju Kage is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is Currently serving as member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Kagwad.
Arvind Chandrakant Patil is an Indian politician who was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Khanapur,Karnataka Assembly constituency from 2013 to 2018. He is also an Incumbent Director of The Belgaum District Central Co-Operative Bank.
Operation Kamala, also known as Operation Lotus is a term coined in 2008,when India's former minister G. Janardhana Reddy in the state of Karnataka,used all possible tricks to secure support from legislators bypassing the anti-defection law,so as to take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past the majority number. Operation Lotus refers to "poaching" or "bribing" of MLAs and MPs of other parties by the BJP,mainly of their rival the Indian National Congress party (INC),often to form government in states where they do not have the majority.
Shashikant Akkappa Naik is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party,Karnataka who served as the Minister of Horticulture from 21 June 2006 to 8 October 2007 under H. D. Kumaraswamy.
