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Santosh S Lad | |
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Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka | |
Assumed office 27 May 2023 | |
Governor | Thawarchand Gehlot |
Cabinet | Second Siddaramaiah ministry |
Chief Minister | Siddaramaiah |
Ministry and Departments | Labour |
In office 2013–2018 | |
Governor | H. R. Bhardwaj (24 June 2009 –28 June 2014) Konijeti Rosaiah (1 September 2014 –15 May 2018) |
Cabinet | First Siddaramaiah ministry |
Chief Minister | Siddaramaiah |
Ministry and Departments |
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Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office May 2023 | |
Preceded by | C. M. Nimbannavar |
Constituency | Kalghatgi |
In office 2008–2018 | |
Preceded by | Siddanagouda Chikkanagoudra |
Succeeded by | C. M. Nimbannavar |
Constituency | Kalghatgi |
In office 2004–2008 | |
Preceded by | M. Y. Ghorpade |
Succeeded by | E. Tukaram |
Constituency | Sandur |
Personal details | |
Born | Sandur,Karnataka | 27 February 1975
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Keerthi |
Website | http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/,http://www.karnatakavarthe.org/ |
Santosh S. Lad (born 27 February 1975 in Sandur,India) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka &member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Kalghatgi constituency in the Dharwad district of Karnataka state.[ citation needed ]
Santosh Lad,son of Shivaji Lad and Shailaja Lad was born on 27 February 1975 in Sandur taluk of Bellary district. He has one elder sister. He completed his B.Com. from Sandur Education Society's Arts,Science &Commerce College,Bellary,Karnataka. His family was affluent because of their involvement in the mining industry since the 1950s. Santosh was an active member of the sports community and actively participated in local tournaments and state-level competitions. He participated in U-21 Cricket state-level tournament KSCA representing Tumkur Zone as a team member and as captain.[ citation needed ]
Lad's father,Shivaji Lad,died when Santosh was 16 years old. He is married to Keerthi Lad;they have a son.
Lad started his political career as a counsellor from Sandur taluk. He had very little success in Taluka panchayat elections,where he lost marginally in his first election. He went on to win both seats he contested in the following election,contributing to his party gaining the majority during that period.[ citation needed ]
Lad contested the MLA election against a strong contender from the Congress Party. He represented the Janata Dal (Secular) party and was the youngest MLA (age 29),along with the first person from his party to win Sandur constituency;the election was won with a record margin.[ citation needed ] Lad was part of the government formation under H. D. Kumaraswamy,ex-chief minister of the Karnataka state.[ citation needed ]
In the 2008 Karnataka Assembly elections,he won the Kalghatgi constituency in the Dharwad district. He currently is an active member and represents Indian National Congress. In the 2013 Karnataka state assembly election,Santosh Lad won with a margin of over 45,000 votes, [1] [2] to win consecutively for the second time from Kalghatgi and third time overall. Congress secured an absolute majority to form the government. [3] Santosh Lad was appointed Minister of State for Information and Infrastructure. In 2018,legislative elections,he lost to C.M. Nimbannanavar of the BJP,with a margin of 20,997 votes. [4]
Santosh Lad was appointed state representative to oversee the rescue operation in the worst flooded area of Uttarakhand, [5] [6] accompanied by a team headed by Hemanth Nimbalkar,Kari Gowda,and Naveen Raj Singh. After over ten days of rescue operations,the team was able to rescue everyone except 14 people for whom an extensive search was carried out.
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