Allum Veerabhadrappa

Allam Veerabhadrappa is a leader of the Indian National Congress in Karnataka. He is a former president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.[1]

Allam Veerabhadrappa
President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
15 March 2001  June 2003
Preceded byV. S. Koujalgi
Succeeded byJanardhana Poojary
Member(elect) of Karnataka Legislative Council Karnataka
In office
14 June 2016  14 June 2022
Preceded byMattikatti Veeranna, INC
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
In office
2003–2004
Chief MinisterS. M. Krishna
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Karnataka
In office
1989–2004
Preceded byB Shivarama Reddy
Succeeded bySuryanarayana Reddy
ConstituencyKurugodu(Ballari Rural)
Personal details
BornBallari
NationalityIndian
Political partyINC
ChildrenAllum Prashant
OccupationPolitician, Mining

On 10 June 2016, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council. He secured 33 votes of Indian National Congress MLAs.[2][3] He is a four-time MLA from Kurogod (Bellary) and was a minister in SM Krishna's cabinet.

He was minister for water resources, environment, agriculture, and ecology. He is a close associate of SM Krishna, former chief minister. He is a mine owner from Bellary. He played a key role in G. Janardhana Reddy's case.

See also

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.