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Basavaraj Bommai

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  • Born 28 January 1960
  • Age 64
  • Birth Place Hubli, Mysore State, Hubballi, Karnataka
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party (2008-present)
  • In Office Leader Of Opposition In Karnataka Legislative Assembly 20 May 2023 - 17 November 2023, 23rd Chief Minister Of Karnataka 28 July 2021 - 19 May 2023, Minister Of Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Government Of Karnataka 21 January 2021 - 26 July 2021, Minister Of Home Affairs, Government Of Karnataka 20 August 2019 - 26 July 2021, Minister Of Cooperation, Government Of Karnataka 27 September 2019 - 10 February 2020, Minister Of Major & Medium Irrigation, Government Of Karnataka 7 June 2008 - 13 May 2013, Member Of Karnataka Legislative Assembly 25 May 2008 - 15 June 2024
  • Residence Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Basavaraj Bommai BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 05 Dec 2024
Basavaraj Somappa Bommai is a former chief minister of Karnataka, who held the position from July 18, 2021 to May 2023. Hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the assembly elections on May 13, 2023, he resigned from the position of the CM. The saffron party was voted out of its only bastion ...

Basavaraj Bommai PERSONAL LIFE

Father S. R. Bommai
Spouse Chennamma
Children 2 children including Bharath Basavaraja Somappa Rayappa Bommai (BJP Candidate from Shiggaon ByPolls 2024)
Education B.E.

POSITIONS HELD BY Basavaraj Bommai

Position Tenure
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 25 May 2008 - Present
Chief Minister of Karnataka 28 July 2021 - 19 May 2023

BASAVARAJ BOMMAI NEWS

Zero tolerance for moral policing, hate politics: Siddaramaiah

May 31, 2023 3:28 am

“There is no question of compromising on the issue of protecting the harmony and secular heritage of Karnataka… hate politics will not be tolerated and the environment of fear will be eradicated,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said.

Bommai dares Congress govt to ban RSS and Bajrang Dal in Karnataka

May 26, 2023 10:16 pm

According to the BJP MLA, RSS is an organisation which built the nation. It has put out in public its policies and principles and preparing youth for it for the past 75 years.

New Karnataka Assembly: All in the family, one-fifth of MLAs are dynasts

May 18, 2023 7:59 am

Some of these candidates lost too, including H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil, who failed to win Ramanagara, and Congress leader Margaret Alva’s son Nivedith, who lost from Karwar

How Congress' '40 per cent' cut charge cost BJP 40 per cent seats in Karnataka

May 14, 2023 11:35 am

The BJP tried its best to stem the damage — easing out Eshwarappa from the Bommai Cabinet and, more recently, denying him a ticket to the Assembly elections.

Karnataka polls: 7% that gave Congress 70-seat boost over BJP

May 14, 2023 8:01 am

Congress won big in Mumbai Karnataka, Central Karnataka, Hyderabad Karnataka and Old Mysore regions

How BJP lost the Karnataka plot: Leadership confusion, muddled messaging, tottering unit, over-reliance on Modi

May 14, 2023 1:03 pm

While Congress managed to set a narrative much ahead of the polls that Bommai govt was allegedly 'corrupt' and '40 per cent sarkara', BJP failed to counter it

Amrith Lal writes: Why BJP double-engine derailed in Karnataka

May 13, 2023 7:20 pm

BJP central leadership's attempt to plug in the state party to its national grid, where energy is generated from anti-Muslim agendas and hyper-nationalism, seems not to have appealed to Karnataka voter

BJP Karnataka spokesperson writes: We lost because of lack of leadership and diluted ideology

May 15, 2023 9:29 am

The challenges for the BJP in the state are: Reducing dependence on PM Modi, weeding out corruption, and introspecting on how not to become complacent

Congress MLA writes: We will give Karnataka the healing touch

May 13, 2023 9:18 pm

The BJP spread divisiveness, institutionalised corruption in the state. Congress fought back with the message of Bharat Jodo Yatra

Basavaraj Bommai: The unlikely CM now facing a likely abrupt end

May 14, 2023 5:36 am

During the campaign, as it became clear that Bommai had left barely a mark, he was sidelined, with the central leadership setting the agenda and the narrative.

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