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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

OBC quota scrapped for Karnataka Muslims; Lingayats, Vokkaligas in focus: What the new changes mean

April 04, 2023 7:54 am

Reservation in Karnataka: The BJP government has also given SCs, STs bigger shares of the pie. How does the party expect to gain in the 2023 Assembly elections?

Karnataka polls: BJP bets on internal quotas to break Congress hold on SCs, expand base

April 02, 2023 11:27 pm

Promoting Madiga leaders A Narayanaswamy and Govind Karjol part of BJP strategy to woo SC (left) group that comprises the most backward sub-castes among Dalits in the state

Bengaluru News Highlights: Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep says not entering politics for now, will campaign for Bommai

April 05, 2023 10:34 pm

Bengaluru News Highlights : "In the next 10 days, many people will be joining the BJP. The people of Karnataka want a double-engine government in the state," Gowda later claimed, reported ANI.

Election officials search CM Basavaraj Bommai's car in poll-bound Karnataka

April 01, 2023 9:29 am

Nothing objectionable was found and the Chief Minister continued his journey, sources said.

Yediyurappa before Bommai: BJP not to declare CM face in Karnataka; in victory, may continue with incumbent

March 31, 2023 6:56 am

Basavaraj Bommai, according to BJP insiders, has not been able to win the confidence of the Lingayats like his predecessor. Lack of cohesion in state unit also a concern

Karnataka polls: Congress's Shivakumar says corruption will be rooted out on May 10

March 29, 2023 10:56 pm

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai says PM Modi’s and Amit Shah’s visits have boosted the BJP’s prospects and that the Congress is dreaming.

In poll-bound Karnataka, Congress's Shivakumar showers Rs 500 notes on crowd, CM Bommai hits out

March 29, 2023 11:53 am

In a video, Shivakumar, during the 'Praja Dhwani Yatra' organised by the Congress in Bevinahalli in the Mandya district, was seen flinging Rs 500 notes from the rooftop of a bus.

Express View: Return of quota debate may change the tone of election campaign in Karnataka

March 29, 2023 3:26 am

Protests by the Banjara community against the proposal for subcategories within the SC segment is a sign of the undoing of calculations of political parties.

Caste jugglery: Beyond Muslim quota too, Basavaraj Bommai govt enters where others feared to tread

March 28, 2023 12:41 pm

Banjara stir on Monday may be sign of things to come, as internal reservations within Dalit quota changed. But BJP seems confident will ride out storm on account of other caste measures

Bengaluru News Highlights: Three-time JD(S) MLA Srinivas joins Congress

March 30, 2023 10:37 pm

Bengaluru News Highlights: Also known as Gubbi Srinivas, he was expelled from the JD(S) after allegations that he cross-voted during the 2021 Rajya Sabha elections.

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