Sogadu Shivanna is a senior politician associated with

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. He has served as Minister of Environment under

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and as Minister of Sericulture under

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Political career

Shivanna contested 1994 Karnataka Assembly election on a BJP ticket from Tumkur City and defeated the sitting MLA S. Shafi Ahmed of

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by a margin of 9104 votes. He went on to retain the seat in

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& 2004 election. He was inducted as a Minister in the Kumaraswamy cabinet which was supported by the BJP on 25 January 2007 and was allotted the Sericulture Department. In 2008 election, he managed to retain seat. In July 2012 he was inducted into the cabinet of

and was allotted Environment portfolio. He however lost 2013 election to the

candidate Dr Rafeeq Ahmed. In 2018 election he was denied ticket from Tumkur City in favour of G.B. Jyoti Ganesh at the behest of Yediyurappa since Shivanna did not join the KJP when it was formed by Yediyurappa.{{Cite news , last= , first= , date=2018-04-25 , title=Miffed Sogadu Shivanna to remain neutral , language= , work=The Hindu , url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/miffed-sogadu-shivanna-to-remain-neutral/article23672564.ece , access-date= , issn=

References

Karnataka MLAs 1994–1999 Karnataka MLAs 1999–2004 Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 People from Tumakuru district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka