Narasimhanayak (born 27 December 1978), fondly called as Raju Gowda, is an Indian politician who is former Chairman Of ''Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Drainage Board'' since 2020. He is 3rd time Current Member of

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature ...

from Shorapur Constituency since 2018. He is a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

and a cabinet minister (''Karantaka State Small Industry Development'') of

Government Of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...

from 2011 to 2013. He was the state president of the ''BJP ST Morcha'' from 2016 to 2020.

Early life

Narasihmanayak was born and brought up in Kodekal in

Shorapur Shorapur, is a city and taluka in Yadgir district in the Indian state of Karnataka and a historical place. Surapura was the land of the famous prince of Surapura aasthana, Raja Venkatappa Nayaka, the young rebel freedom fighter against British ...

Taluk. His father, a retired Dy. Superintendent of Excise, served in the Excise Department of Karnataka.

Political career

Narasihmanayak (Rajugowda) entered politics very early. His political Career started when he was elected member of Zilla Panchayat from Kodekal constituency at the age of 21. Soon he gained popularity in the Taluk quickly enough to become Member of Legislative Assembly from Shorapur Constituency at the age of 25 in 2004. He was youngest MLA at that time. He contested on a

Kannada Nadu Party Kannada Nadu Party was a political party in Karnataka, India, founded by Vijay Sankeshwar. It had contested elections in 2004. It later merged into Janata Dal (Secular). Sankeshwar started the party after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party t ...

ticket and was lone contestant to get elected from Kannada Nadu Party. He was made a cabinet minister and was given Small Scale Industries ministry when he was elected for 2nd time from Shorapur Constituency on a BJP Ticket. He lost to Raja Venkatappa Nayak in 2013 elections. In MLA elections held in 2018, Rajugowda won against Raja Venkatappa Nayak for the 3rd time. He is currently the Chairman of Karnataka Urban water supply and drainage board.

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