M. T. B. Nagaraj

Summary

M. T. B. Nagaraj (b 1952) is an Indian politician from Karnataka state and who is the current Minister of Small Scale Industries and Municipal Administration of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. 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.

M. T. B. Nagaraj
Minister of Small Scale Industries and Municipal Administration of Karnataka
In office
4 August 2021 – 13 May 2023
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded bySharanabassappa Darshanapur
Minister of Municipal administration, Sugarcane development and directorate of Sugar from Commerce & Industries department of Karnataka
In office
21 January 2021 – 26 July 2021
Member of Legislative Assembly
Karnataka
In office
2018–2019
Succeeded bySharath Kumar Bache Gowda
ConstituencyHoskote
In office
2013–2018
Preceded byB. N. Bache Gowda
ConstituencyHoskote
Minister of Housing
Government of Karnataka
In office
December 2018 – July 2019
Minister of Excise of Karnataka
In office
21 January 2021 – 22 January 2021
Preceded byH. Nagesh
Succeeded byK. Gopalaiah
Personal details
Born (1951-07-20) 20 July 1951 (age 72)
Garudacharpalya
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party2019 present
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (2001 to 2019 )

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.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.