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| death_place = [[Kumta]]
| occupation = [[Member of Parliament (India)]]
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'''Balakrishna Venkanna Naik''' M.P. (1929–2008) was known to the people of Karnataka by his nickname, Balasaheb. He was elected from the Karwar District Constituency (Uttar Kannada) in 1971 to Loka Sabha (the lower house), of the Parliament of India.<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/lok05.htm M. P. in the fifth Loka Sabha - Parliament New Delhi.]</ref>

==Career==

Balasaheb was the youngest son of [[Barrister]] [[Venkanna H. Naik]] (Gati Saheb). Balasaheb lost his father when he was four months old and his mother Parvati Naik raised him in Belgaum, Karnataka, along with two of his elder siblings. He attended [[Banaras Hindu University]] and in 1952, he was awarded M.Sc. with distinction in [[agricultural science]]. In 1958, he was selected by the Central Government to study advanced agricultural sciences in [[Sweden]] for two years. {{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} He became the youngest Joint Registrar {{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} of the Cooperative Department, [[Karnataka]] at the age of 36 in 1965. However, he resigned in 1970 at the age of 40 to join the Indira Gandhi's Congress Party. In 1971 he contested in the Lokasabha election representing [[Indian National Congress Party]] (Mrs. Gandhi's Congress). He won the election with a landslide margin against [[Dinakara Desai]].

Balasaheb served as the chairman of the "All India Nuclear Energy Subcommittee", 1972-75 {{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}. He was also the member of the Defense Subcommittee under the chairmanship of [[Jagjivan Ram]], the Defense Minister in [[Mrs. Gandhi]]'s cabinet.

Balasaheb was a close friend of [[Piloo Mody]] who was the founder and President of the [[Swatantra Party]]. Piloo Mody recommended to [[Morarji Desai]], the Prime minister of India (77-79) that Balasaheb be appointed as the [[Governor General]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. However, Balasaheb turned down the proposal as Morarji Desai was elected by the [[Janata Party]] (Fractious Coalition Party) which was not Balasaheb's political party during that time.

==His views==
His book, "Long Long Way to Go" was a contradictory illustration of the Indira Gandhi's ruling party that was plagued with corruption. The objective of the book was to introduce corrective methods to curb the corruption but the publication was not well received by Mrs. Gandhi. Balasaheb published Janadhwani (voice of the people) a weekly [[Kannada]] news paper, 1977-2005. His newspaper mainly vindicated the rights of commoners. Balasaheb was an honorary advisor and a regular contributor of editorials to ''Karavali Munjavu'' a [[Kannada]] newspaper published from [[Uttar Kannada|Karwar]].<ref>[http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/2924.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904090106/http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/2924.html |date=4 September 2012 }} - Consulting Editor to Karavali Munjavu.</ref> Balasaheb was guided by his own principles. He later contested again as an independent candidate for Lok Sabha and lost. He was a passionate reader and revolutionary thinker. He always gave the example of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] whose theory in astronomy was not accepted for a long time. Like an average Indian, Balasaheb chose to retire in Gonehalli village in a small bungalow with three rooms. His mode of transportation was a bicycle. Along his bike ride, he waved to the people standing by the wayside and hollered "Jayawagali" (Success to thee). All his life, he fought against corruption.

Balasaheb died on 16 August 2008 in [[Kumta]] and was cremated in [[Gonehalli]],<ref>[http://www.ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=247804 Gonehalli village]</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug172008/state2008081685012.asp - B. V. Naik died - Deccan Herald.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080917002849/http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/18/stories/2008081852410300.htm - B. V. Nayak died - Hindu]</ref> his village.

===Published books===
* ''Future of Global Society- 2004''<ref>[http://www.flipkart.com/future-global-society-bv-naik/8126117575-ou23fwmexd - B. V. Naik's book.]</ref>
* ''Long Long Way To Go- 1974''
* ''Dwitiya Ganarajyadatt- 1978''

==References==
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[[Category:1929 births]]
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[[Category:Kannada people]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Karwar]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]

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