The town of Virajpet also spelled as Virajapete is the second town of the district of Kodagu (Coorg),in Karnataka. It is the main town of the Virajpet taluka,south of the district,in the Kerala-Karnataka border. The name is an abbreviation of Virarajendrapete after the former ruler of Kodagu,Virarajendra.
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 simply Karnataka Government,formerly Government of Mysore,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 his 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 his 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 and Banashankari 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 as 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 has 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 serving as Home minister of Karnataka. He also 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.
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar is an Indian politician 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 represents the Kanakapura constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008 and from Sathanur Assembly constituency from 1989 to 2004.
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.
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.
Vasanth Nagar is an upscale neighbourhood located in the heart of the city of Bangalore. A small neighbourhood in the affluent High Grounds residing many retired government bureaucrats,MLA's and Police officials. It is bounded by Bengaluru Golf Club,Palace Grounds,Shivajinagar and Bangalore Cantonment. Surrounded by major roads,landmarks,offices and hotels,this area is commercially very active now.
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 current MLA from Yelahanka constituency since 25 May 2008. He is former Chairman of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and presently 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.
Byrathi Basavaraj is an Indian politician who is a 4th time MLA and Ex-Minister of Urban Development of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He started social service and entered politics and became panchayat member and president. He became corporator for Hoodi ward in 2009 and contested Krishnarajapura Vidhanasabha constituency in 2013 and became MLA for the first time from congress. He became second time MLA in 2018 general elections from congress. In 2019 after his resignation,he contested from BJP in by election and won with a huge margin. Later he became minister for Urban Development in B S Yediyurappa cabinet and second term minister in Basavaraj Bommai cabinet.He won as 4th term MLA in 2023 assembly elections.
The 2015 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike election was held on 22 April 2015 in all 198 Wards of Bangalore (Bengaluru).
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