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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

Karnataka Cabinet decision scrapping 4% Muslim quota on hold until SC decision: CM Bommai

April 25, 2023 10:24 pm

Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka, attacked the BJP on Tuesday for ‘deceiving’ the people of Karnataka with the ‘fraud of reservation’.

Unheard for 7 yrs, victims of a hysterectomy racket take their battle to CM Bommai's seat

April 23, 2023 6:08 pm

Govt identified 268 as having been operated 'unnecessarily' in Haveri, but promised relief never came; the women now back an Independent against their MLA Bommai

Cong candidate weak, Panchamasali hurdle overcome, Karnataka CM Bommai looks at a smooth rewin in Shiggaon

April 23, 2023 9:13 am

Congress changed candidate at the last moment, while increase in total Lingayat quota ensures the CM may have virtual walkover in a constituency he has won thrice

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Live Updates: As Rahul Gandhi arrives in Karnataka, a welcome from Jagadish Shettar and others

April 23, 2023 1:12 pm

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Live Updates Today: Rahul Gandhi will participate in the Basava Jayanti celebrations organised by Utsava Samithi at Basava Mantapa today.

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Highlights: Rain plays spoilsport, Amit Shah's rally in Devanahalli cancelled today

April 22, 2023 8:46 am

Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to Karnataka during which he will be taking stock of the party's preparations for the May 10 Assembly elections in the state

'I am not a CM who runs away': Bommai targets Siddaramaiah as he files nomination in Shiggaon

April 20, 2023 4:23 am

BJP chief J P Nadda says Basavaraj Bommai's nomination is not just for MLA's post, 'but it is a way that will give direction for Karnataka to move ahead'

Karnataka: Congress announces candidate to take on CM Bommai

April 18, 2023 10:03 pm

The Congress announced its candidate from Shiggaon, Mohammed Yousuf Savanur, who will contest against Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 Highlights: Congress releases fifth list, changes candidate against CM Bommai

April 20, 2023 9:16 am

Karnataka Election 2023 Highlights: According to changes made in the list, the party will now field Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan against CM Bommai from the Shiggaon constituency, in place of Mohammed Yousuf Savanur.  

Key Lingayat leader and longtime Sangh man Jagadish Shettar now in Congress

April 17, 2023 12:34 pm

The former Karnataka CM will boost the Opposition party’s chances in the Hubli-Dharwad region, provide it with an opportunity to claim that the BJP has betrayed Lingayats

Bengaluru Live News Updates: CM Basavaraj Bommai holds massive rally, files nomination from Shiggaon; Congress's Siddaramaiah submits nomination papers from Varuna

April 19, 2023 7:59 pm

Bengaluru Live News Updates: Meanwhile, the electioneering picked up momentum in Karnataka with the nomination process set to end in two days.

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