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'''Chalavadi Narayanaswamy''' is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is serving as the [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council|21st Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council]] since June 2024,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-28 |title=BJP urged to appoint Chalavadi Narayanaswamy as Leader of Opposition in Council |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-urged-to-appoint-chalavadi-narayanaswamy-as-leader-of-opposition-in-council/article68344833.ece |access-date=2024-07-30 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-22 |title=BJP picks Narayanaswamy as Leader of Opposition in Council |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-picks-narayanaswamy-as-leader-of-opposition-in-council/article68434031.ece |access-date=2024-07-30 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> the upper house in the bicameral [[Karnataka Legislature]].<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
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Narayanaswamy is from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Caste]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-07-23 |title=BJP MLC Chalavadi Narayanaswamy made LoP in Karnataka Upper House |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Jul/23/bjp-mlc-chalavadi-narayanaswamy-made-lop-in-karnataka-upper-house |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> After about four decades with the [[Indian National Congress]], he joined the BJP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goudar |first=Mahesh M. |date=2024-08-21 |title=Interview: Karnataka Council LoP Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on BJP and social justice |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/interview-karnataka-council-lop-chalavadi-narayanaswamy-on-bjp-and-social-justice/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The South First |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council by an electoral college comprising members of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]. He was the president of the BJP's SC Morcha before he entered the council.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press Trust of |first=India |date=27 May 2022 |title=7 candidates elected 'unopposed' to Karnataka Legislative Council, BJP gains majority in House |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/7-candidates-elected-unopposed-to-karnataka-legislative-council-101653656269759.html |url-status= |access-date=23 December 2024 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><br />
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On 22 July 2024, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] nominated him as the leader of opposition as the post became vacant following the election of [[Kota Srinivas Poojary]] to the parliament from the [[Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency]].<br />
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