B. Nagaraja Shetty (born 1957) is an Indian politician who has been a minister in the

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Biography

Shetty joined the

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and in 2004 was elected to the

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from the

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constituency. He had defeated

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veteran B. Ramanath Rai who was representing the constituency since 1985. During this term he was also a minister who held various portfolios. He was the Chairman of the Coastal Development Authority of Karnataka. He tendered his resignation from the authority on 14 July 2012 after he was not inducted into the newly formed state government cabinet.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, B. Nagaraja State cabinet ministers of Karnataka People from Dakshina Kannada district Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007 Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka 1957 births