| Office | Member of Parliament Lok Sabha |
|---|---|
| Office | Cabinet Minister Government of Karnataka
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| Office | Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 2019
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| Predecessor | Veerappa Moily
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| Constituency | Chikballapur
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| Born | 1942-10-01 (age 84) |
| Born | Bendiganahalli
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Uma Gowda
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Bendiganahalli Narayangowda Bache Gowda (born 1 October 1942) is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the (2019–present) Lok Sabha from Chikkaballapur, and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]
B N Bache Gowda started his political career with Janata Party and was part of Deve Gowda group, whose Janata Dal (United) he joined in 1999. But he joined BJP later and contested elections as a member of BJP since 2008. He was elected to Karnataka Vidhan Sabha five times - in 1978, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2008 - from Hosakote (Vidhana Sabha constituency).[2] He was the losing candidate in Hosakote in 1989, 2004, 2013. He was a minister in Jagadish Shettar's BJP government in 2013 but lost the assembly election that year from Hosakote.[3] He contested Lok Sabha election from Chikkaballapur as BJP candidate in 2014 but lost. He won that seat in 2019.
His son Sharath Bachegowda (b 1982) contested from Hosakote as BJP candidate in 2018 but lost to Nagaraja of Congress. Nagaraja resigned from Congress in 2019 when Kumaraswamy ministry was toppled. Nagaraja contested the by-poll from Hosakote on BJP's ticket. Sharath Bache Gowda contested as a rebel, and defeated Nagaraj in the by-poll.layer Sharath Bachegowda Join Congress .[4]
References
- ↑ Lok Sabha Results 2019: BJP sweeps in Karnataka, leaves ruling coalition in tizzy. News Nation(23 May 2019).
- ↑ Members : Lok Sabha.
- ↑ 12 Ministers fall as Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka. The Economic Times(8 May 2013).
- ↑ Sharath Bachegowda emerges triumphant in Hosakote. Business Standard India(9 December 2019).