Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the 11th 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.
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014.
Dharam Narayan Singh was an Indian senior congress politician who served as the 17th 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. He was the 18th President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and he was the nine-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Jevaragi constituency.
Babulal Gaur Yadav was an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected ten times to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly,twice from Bhopal South and eight times from Govindpura. He retired from electoral politics in 2018 due to old age.
Sarekoppa Bangarappa was an Indian politician who was the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral,comprising two houses. The two houses are the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan,Queens Road,Bangalore.
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian politician,who is the current president of the Indian National Congress,and Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 16 February 2021. He became the first person outside the Nehru–Gandhi family to be the president of the party after 24 years. He was also Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha from 16 February 2021 to 1 October 2022. He was the Former Minister of Railways and Minister of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. Kharge was a Member of Parliament for Gulbarga,Karnataka from 2009 to 2019.
Social Democratic Party of India,popularly known as SDPI,is an Indian political party founded on 21 June 2009 in New Delhi. It is regarded as the political wing of the banned Islamic organization,Popular Front of India (PFI). It was registered with the Election Commission of India on 13 April 2010. M. K. Faizy is the party's National President.
Nafis Fathima was a Syndicate Member of the Bangalore University from Sept 2015 to July 2018 and Secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee from 2009 to July 2017. She was the President of Karnataka Cancer Society for two terms,and an activist of the Indian National Congress. She had been the General Secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee from 1999 to 2002.
GangadharaiahParameshwara is an Indian politician who served as seventh Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka,and also the longest-serving President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee for two consecutive terms.
Chikkakalya Narayanappa Ashwathnarayan is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of Electronics,Information Technology - Biotechnology,Science and Technology,Higher Education,Skill Development,Entrepreneurship and Livelihood in Government of Karnataka from 20 August 2019. 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.
Ronur Venkateshappa Devraj is an Indian politician who served as chairman of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) from 2000 to October 2007. He is the general seceratory of KPCC and Member of AICC. He served as MLA of Chamarajpet Constituency. After delimitation of Chamrajpet constituency,he became the Congress candidate for Chickpet.
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar,is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was the state minister of irrigation in the cabinet of H. D. Kumaraswamy. Previously he served as the Minister of Energy in the Government of Karnataka under the Siddaramaiah Government. He is an MLA from Kanakapura constituency.
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.
J. Alexander was an Indian bureaucrat and politician who served as Chief Secretary and Cabinet Minister,Karnataka State,India.
Gangur Cheluvegowda Chandrashekhar is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is also a member of the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka. He took oath in Kannada which was praised by Vice President of India.
M. Y. Patil is an Indian politician and a current member of the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from Afzalpur as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was elected to 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Afzalpur Vidhana Sabha constituency as a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate. He got support from many leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge,Priyank M. Kharge and ex HKE President Basavaraj Bhimalli played a key role to defeat Malikayya Guttedar.
Rajashekhar Basavaraj Patil is an Indian politician who is the current Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for Humnabad Assembly constituency since 2008.
Shanti Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It is also part of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.
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