Shobha Karandlaje (born 23 October 1966) is an Indian politician from Karnataka who is currently the Minister of State for Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Third Modi Ministry. She was also Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in the Second Modi ministry. She is also the Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka and Member of Parliament representing Bangalore North since 2024, and represented Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Constituency from 2014 to 2024. She was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka.
Early life
Hailing from Puttur in Coastal Karnataka, Shobha became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at a very early age, 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.
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 and came to be known as a good administrator. 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 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 and was appointed KJP Working President. She contested 2013 assembly election from Rajaji Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and came third. 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 from Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency). In the 2024 Indian General Elections, she contested from Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency, and won by a margin of 2,59,476 votes against the Indian National Congress's candidate, Rajeev Gowda.
See also
References
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- "Karnataka Ministers | Cabinet | Portfolio | Jagadish Shettar Cabinet". Karnataka.com. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- India Today. "KJP Formed by Yedurappa".
- "Yeddyurappa Appoints Shobha Karandlaje as KJPs working President". The Hindu. PTI. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- Deccan, Herald. "Shubha Against Renukas Induction to KJP".
- "Rajajinagar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
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- "News 18 election results". News 18.
External links
- Official website
- Official biographical sketch at the Parliament of India website
- 1966 births
- Living people
- State cabinet ministers of Karnataka
- Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council
- India MPs 2014–2019
- Lok Sabha members from Karnataka
- People from Dakshina Kannada district
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- Women state cabinet ministers of India
- Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013
- India MPs 2019–2024
- Narendra Modi ministry
- Women union ministers of state of India
- Women members of the Lok Sabha
- Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- India MPs 2024–2029