Shobha Karandlaje
Shobha in 2021
Minister of State for Food Processing Industries
Assumed office
7 December 2023
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterPashupati Kumar Paras
Preceded byPrahlad Singh Patel
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Serving with Kailash Choudhary
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar
Preceded byParshottam Rupala
Minister of Energy
Government of Karnataka
In office
22 September 2010 – 23 January 2013
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Sadananda Gowda
Jagadish Shettar
Preceded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Succeeded byD. K. Shivakumar
Minister of Food & Civil Supplies
Government of Karnataka
In office
12 December 2010 – 12 July 2012
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Sadananda Gowda
Preceded byV. Somanna
Succeeded byD. N. Jeevaraj
Minister of Rural Development
Government of Karnataka
In office
30 May 2008 – 9 November 2009
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byC. M. Udasi
Succeeded byJagadish Shettar
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byK. Jayaprakash Hegde
ConstituencyUdupi Chikmagalur
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byseat did not exist
Succeeded byS. T. Somashekhar
ConstituencyYeshvanthapura
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
15 June 2004 – 27 May 2008
Succeeded byS. Kailash
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born (1966-10-23) 23 October 1966 (age 57)
Puttur, Mysore State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(till 2012; 2014–present)
Other political
affiliations		Karnataka Janata Paksha
(2012-2014)
EducationM.A. (Sociology), M.S.W.[1]
Alma materMangalore University
NicknameShobhakka
Source: [1]

Shobha Karandlaje (born 23 October 1966)[2] is an Indian BJP politician from Karnataka who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Second Modi ministry.[3] She is also the Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka and Member of Parliament[4] representing Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Constituency. She was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka.[2] She is a close confidant to Karnataka ex Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.[5]

Early life

Hailing from Puttur in Coastal Karnataka,[6] Shobha became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at a very early age,[7] one of the many women full-time workers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. When she decided to enter politics, the RSS gave her the initial thrust[citation needed].[8]

Shobha completed her M.A. in Sociology and Master of Social Work from Open University, Mysore and School of Social Work Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore University.

Political career

She served the Bharatiya Janata Party organisation in various capacities before being elected as an MLC in 2004. She was elected as MLA from Yeswanthpur, Bangalore in May 2008 and was appointed the minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj in the B S Yeddyurappa govt.

She was lauded for her performance as the RDPR minister[9] and came to be known as a good administrator.[10] She resigned in 2009 due to a political crisis but was re-instated in 2010 and was entrusted with the Energy portfolio. She was the power minister in the Jagadish Shettar ministry[11] and also had the additional charge of the Food and Civil Supplies department. She had resigned from BJP and joined KJP formed by ex Chief Minister of Karnataka B. S. Yediyurappa in the year 2012.[12] And was appointed KJP Working President.[13][14] She contested 2013 assembly election from Rajaji Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and came third.[15] By January 2014 she was back in BJP when her party KJP merged with BJP.

She then contested the 2014 Indian general election from Udupi Chikmagalur constituency and won by a margin of 1.81 lakh votes. In 2019 General elections she won consistently for second time gaining 7,18,916 votes, adding +6.26 percentage of votes[16] from Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency).[17]

References

  1. ^ "Shobha Karandlaje| National Portal of India".
  2. ^ a b "Shobha Karandlaje | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Bengaluru: BSY confident of Shobha Karandlaje being given suitable position". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Shobha Karandlaje: Age, Biography, Education, Family, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ The Print Report. "The print Report Stating that most powerful women in Karnataka And Links with RSS".
  8. ^ "Close associate of RSS Shobha KArandlaje". India Leader.
  9. ^ "The Times Of India Bangalore; Date: May 29, 2010; Section: Times City; Page: 4". epaper.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ^ "So it seems, Shobha Karandlaje was indeed chief minister of Karnataka". The News Minute. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Karnataka Ministers | Cabinet | Portfolio | Jagadish Shettar Cabinet". Karnataka.com. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  12. ^ India Today. "KJP Formed by Yedurappa".
  13. ^ "Yeddyurappa Appoints Shobha Karandlaje as KJPs working President". The Hindu. PTI. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  14. ^ Deccan, Herald. "Shubha Against Renukas Induction to KJP".
  15. ^ "Rajajinagar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  16. ^ "Karandlaje wins by 3.5-lakh vote margin". Deccan Herald. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  17. ^ News 18. "News 18 election results".((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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