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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

Only a party of patriots can end corruption: Amit Shah

March 27, 2023 7:13 am

Speaking in Bengaluru on Sunday, Shah said the BJP had fallen marginally short at 104 seats (in the 224-member state Assembly where 113 is the simple majority) in the 2018 state polls and called for a full majority for the BJP in the 2023 polls.

Turning back clock 100 years: Bommai govt’s bid to scrap 4% Muslim quota touches off firestorm

March 26, 2023 2:52 pm

The then Deve Gowda govt’s move in 1994 to allot reservation to Muslims under ‘2B’ category for being ‘socially and educationally’ backward was part of a historical process that began during the rule of Mysore princely state in 1918

Oppn slams Karnataka government for ‘stealing’ reservation offered to Muslims

March 25, 2023 4:24 pm

The four per cent reservation provided to the Muslim community under 2B category was removed by the state Cabinet Friday, which decided to distribute it to two dominant communities of the state — Vokkaligas and Lingayats.

Bengaluru News Highlights: Stones pelted at BSY's residence amid protest against internal reservation

March 28, 2023 8:43 am

Bengaluru News Highlights: Protesters called the decision of providing internal reservation for the SC communities as 'unscientific'

Karnataka moves Muslims to EWS to give more reservation to Vokkaligas, Lingayats

March 25, 2023 2:58 am

CM Basavaraj Bommai says that the share of 12 backward Muslim sub-castes in the Category 1 quota won't be affected.

Congress resorting to bogus promises because it's desperate: Karnataka CM Bommai

March 21, 2023 2:16 am

The BJP leader says his party will also release a list of poll promises soon.

BJP in Karnataka: A party at odds with itself ahead of assembly polls

March 17, 2023 11:06 pm

Clearly, the BJP national leadership's attempt to contain dissension in the party by balancing interest groups isn't working

Karnataka transport workers to go on indefinite stir from March 21, decline govt’s pay hike offer

March 17, 2023 3:42 pm

CM Bommai agreed to hike the salary by 15 per cent; another section of unions demanding the pay commission model plans indefinite strike from March 24.

Karnataka BJP ticket tumult rages: 'Bommai may not get one,' says MP; BSY yatra halted

March 17, 2023 8:05 am

Yediyurappa was forced to call off Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra at Mudigere amid BJP workers' protest against sitting MLA MP Kumaraswamy

PM Modi to inaugurate slew of projects in poll-bound Karnataka today: Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway, IIT Dharwad are key ones

March 12, 2023 9:31 am

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the prime minister will also inaugurate a Jal Jeevan Mission and a Jayadeva Hospital in Dharwad.

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