| Office | Minister of Small Scale Industries and Municipal Administration of Karnataka |
|---|---|
| Office | Minister of Municipal administration, Sugarcane development and directorate of Sugar from Commerce & Industries department of Karnataka |
| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly Karnataka
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| Office | Minister of Housing Government of Karnataka |
| Term start | 4 August 2021 |
| Term end | 13 May 2023 |
| Predecessor | Himself |
| Successor | Sharanabassappa Darshanapur
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| Born | 1951-7-20 (age 75) |
| Born | Garudacharpalya
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party2019 present
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M. T. B. Nagaraj or N. Nagaraja (b 1952) is an Indian politician from Karnataka state and who was previously Minister of Small Scale Industries and Municipal Administration of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 13 May 2023.[1] He is a member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Bharatiya Janata Party since 2020. Also he was district incharge of Bangalore Rural District from 24 June 2021 to date.
He was elected to Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from Hosakote (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a Congress candidate in 2004, 2013 and 2018. He lost in 2008. He resigned from Congress in 2019, joined BJP, and contested again from Hosakote only to be defeated by the rebel BJP candidate Sharath Gowda. But BJP got him elected to the Legislative Council in 2020.
M. T. B. Nagaraj was one of the seventeen rebel MLAs who were disqualified by Speaker Ramesh Kumar of Karnataka Assembly for anti-party activities.[2]
N. Nagaraj has been appointed as Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman in 2016.[3]
References
- ↑ City of Mahadevapura. www.mahadevapuracity.gov.in. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ↑ 21 MLAs to head boards, corporations(2 November 2016). Retrieved 23 April 2025.
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