Shobha karandlaje biography of albert
Shobha Karandlaje
Indian politician (born )
Shobha Karandlaje (born 23 October )[2] is an Indian politician from Karnataka who is currently the Minister of State for Ministry of Labour and Employment,Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Third Modi Ministry.[3] She was also Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' WelfareMinister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Second Modi ministry.[4] She is also the Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka and Member of Parliament[5] representing Bangalore North since , and represented Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Constituency from to She was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka.
Early life
Hailing from Puttur in Coastal Karnataka,[6] Shobha became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at a very early age,[7] one of the many women full-time workers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. When she decided to enter politics, the RSS gave her the initial thrust.[citation needed][8]
Shobha completed her M.A.
in Sociology and Master of Social Work from Open University, Mysore and School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore University.
Political career
She served the Bharatiya Janata Party organisation in various capacities before being elected as an MLC in She was elected as MLA from Yeswanthpur, Bangalore in May and was appointed the minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj in the B S Yeddyurappa govt.
Shobha karandlaje biography of albert Udupi Chikmagalur. Jayaprakash Hegde. Muniyappa Karadi Sanganna Amarappa C. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma.She was lauded for her performance as the RDPR minister[9] and came to be known as a good administrator.[10] She resigned in due to a political crisis but was re-instated in and was entrusted with the Energy portfolio. She was the power minister in the Jagadish Shettar ministry[11] and also had the additional charge of the Food and Civil Supplies department.
She had resigned from BJP and joined KJP formed by ex Chief Minister of Karnataka B. S. Yediyurappa in the year [12] and was appointed KJP Working President.[13][14] She contested assembly election from Rajaji Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and came third.[15] By January she was back in BJP when her party KJP merged with BJP.
She then contested the Indian general election from Udupi Chikmagalur constituency and won by a margin of lakh votes. In General elections she won consistently for second time gaining 7,18, votes, adding + percentage of votes[16] from Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency).[17] In the Indian General Elections, she contested from Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency, and won by a margin of 2,59, votes against the Indian National Congress's candidate, Rajeev Gowda.