B. Nagendra
Cabinet Minister Government of Karnataka
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2023
Governor	Thawarchand Gehlot
Cabinet	Second Siddaramaiah ministry
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments	Youth Services Sports ST Welfare
Preceded by	Narayana Gowda, B Sriramulu
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Preceded by	NY Gopalkrishna
Constituency	Bellary Rural
In office 2008–2018
Preceded by	Anil Lad
Succeeded by	NY Gopalkrishna
Constituency	Kudligi
Personal details
Born	(1971-09-15) 15 September 1971 (age 52) Bellary
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian national congress (2018 - present)
Other political affiliations	Bhartiya Janata Party (2008-2018)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Mine Owner

B. Nagendra^[1] is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports, and Tribal Welfare in the Government of Karnataka since 29 May 2023. He has been elected four times as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Bellary & Kudligi constituency.

Education

He is a B.com. graduate from Veerashaiva College, Bellary, Gulbarga University in the year 1993.^[2]

Career

He represents Bellary Rural constituency from Ballari district as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly as an INC candidate. He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Kudligi from 2008 to 2018 as BJP and Independent candidate respectively. He was a former close aide of Mining Baron Gali Janardhan Reddy.^[3] He defeated BJP leader and former Transport minister of Karnataka B Sriramulu by 29,500 votes in 2023 legislative assembly election representing Bellary Rural.

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