R. Shankar (politician)

Ramchandrappa Shankar is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Horticulture and sericulture of Karnataka. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Ranebennur in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

R. Shankar
Minister of Horticulture and Sericulture
Government of Karnataka[1]
In office
21 January 2021 – 26 July 2021
Preceded byK. C. Narayana gowda
Member of Legislative Assembly
Karnataka
In office
17 May 2018 – July 2019
ConstituencyRanebennur
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyNationalist Congress Party
(2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party
(2019-2023)Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party
(till 2019)

References
    1. "Munirathna – Minister of Horticulture & Sericulture". Delhivaarthe. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
    2. Madhuri (15 May 2018). "Karnataka MLA's List 2018: Full List of Winners From BJP, Congress, JDS and More". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    3. "Disqualified Karnataka MLAs, barring Roshan Baig, join BJP". The Economic Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    4. "Rebel Karnataka MLAs barring Roshan Baig to join BJP after SC allows them to contest bypolls". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    5. "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
    6. "2 Karnataka MLAs, including flip-flop Shankar, dump govt as poaching charges fly". India Today. Ist.
    7. "Another Independent Karnataka Minister R Shankar resigns, supports BJP". The Economic Times. 8 July 2019.


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