Ramesh Jigajinagi
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Ramesh Jigajinagi | |
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3rdUnion Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation | |
In office 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Minsiter | |
Preceded by | Birender Singh |
Succeeded by | Jal Shakti[1] |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Preceded by | Basangouda Patil Yatnal |
Constituency | Bijapur,Karnataka |
In office 1998–2009 | |
Preceded by | Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor |
Succeeded by | Katti Ramesh Vishwanath |
Constituency | Chikkodi,Karnataka |
MinisterforRevenue Government of Karnataka | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
MinisterforSocial Welfare Government of Karnataka | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
MinisterforExcise Government of Karnataka | |
In office 1984–1985 | |
MinisterforHome Government of Karnataka | |
In office 1983–1985 | |
MemberofKarnataka Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1994–1998 | |
Preceded by | Manohar Umakant Ainapur |
Succeeded by | HR Algur |
Constituency | Ballolli |
In office 1983–1989 | |
Preceded by | Siddharth Sangappa Arakeri |
Succeeded by | Manohar Umakant Ainapur |
Constituency | Ballolli |
Personal details | |
Born | Atharga,Bombay State (now inKarnataka), India | 28 June 1952
Political party |
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Spouse | Shobha |
Children | 2 sons |
Residence(s) | Bijapur, Karnataka,Karnataka |
As of 23 September, 2006 Source:[1] |
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi(born 28 June 1952) is an Indian politician fromKarnatakaand currently a member ofLok Sabha.[2]He wasUnion Minister of StateforDrinking WaterandSanitationin 2016. He was member of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth andSixteenthLok Sabha.He was inducted intoPM, Narendra Modi'sgovernment as a Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation on July 5, 2016. He represents theBijapurconstituency (2019-2024) and is currently a member of theBharatiya Janata Partywhich he joined in 2002. He has also been a member ofJanata Daland Ramakrishna Hegde's Vedike Party and Ram Vilas Paswan's Jan Shakti Party in 2001 when Hegde was planning to retire.
Early life and education
[edit]Ramesh Jigajinagi was born on 28 June 1952 inAthargavillage ofBijapur DistrictinKarnatakato Chandappa and Bhoramma Jigajinagi. He married Shoba and has two sons, Vinod and Anand, both businessmen. He completed his B.A from BLDEA's New Arts College, Bijapur and later earned his master's degree.[3]Ramesh is a dalit and hails from aScheduled Castecommunity.
Career
[edit]He has been able to retain support in northern Karnataka, even after switching parties. His electoral victory is significant, contesting and winning his seat againstB. Shankaranandof theIndian National Congress'. Ramesh entered the 12th Lok Sabha with a margin of 1,31,238 votes.[4]
Initially, he joined the undividedJanata Dalunder the mentorship ofRamakrishna Hegde.He remained in the Janta Dal and was a staunch supporter of Ramakrishna Hegde. When Ramakrishna Hegde floated the Rashtreeya Nava Nirmana Vedike, he was among the earliest sitting MLAs to support him and join the new party by resigning his ministership. Later, he joinedLok Shakti,a party formed by Ramakrishna Hegde and rejoined Janata Dal United after the merger of Lok Shakti with the former. After the death of his mentor, he joined theBharatiya Janata Party.He was elected as MP for five times without a break.[2][5]
He was elected as an MP for the first time in 1996 from Chikkodi, a constituency reserved from SC community, on Lok Shakti ticket. In 1998, he won again on Janata Dal ticket and on BJP ticket in 2004, both from Chikkodi. Later, he returned to Bijapur, his native after Chikkodi became an unreserved seat. From then on he won the Bijapur SC seat, which is now Vijayapura.[5]
Positions held
[edit]- Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly 1983- 1985, 1985-1989, 1994-1999 (3 terms)
- Minister of State, Home Department in the Government of Karnataka 1983
- Minister of State, Excise Department in the Government of Karnataka 1984-1985
- Cabinet Minister for Social Welfare and Revenue in the Government of Karnataka 1996-1998
- Member of the 12th Loksabha 1998-1999 (Winning Margin=131238). From Chikkodi on Lok Shakti ticket.
- Member of the 13th Lok Sabha 1999-2004 (Winning Margin=84590)
- Member of the 14th Lok Sabha 2004-2009 (Winning Margin=43492), for BJP.
- Member of the 15th Lok Sabha 2009-2014 (Winning Margin=42404) From Bijapur.[6]
- Member of the 16th Lok Sabha 2014- 2019 (Winning Margin=69819)
- Member of the 17th Lok Sabha 2019 - 2024 (Winning Margin = 2,58,038)
- Member of the 18th Lok Sabha 2024 - (Winning Margin = 77229)
- He has served as the member in the following committees
- Parliamentary Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
- Parliamentary Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the House
- Parliamentary Committee on Commerce
- Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Personnel Policy of Central Para-Military Forces
- Union Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation 2016
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Government forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries".The Economic Times.31 May 2019.
- ^ab"Ramesh Jigajinagi".The Indian Express.Retrieved30 March2024.
- ^Members' profile fourteenth Loksabha, Parliament of IndiaArchived13 March 2007 at theWayback Machine
- ^Parliament of India's website
- ^abBahadurdesai, B. Rishikesh (12 March 2024)."Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi hints he may not contest Lok Sabha polls".The Hindu.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved30 March2024.
- ^"ElectionAffairs.com is available at DomainMarket.com".ElectionAffairs.com is available at DomainMarket.com.Retrieved30 March2024.
- 1952 births
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka
- Living people
- India MPs 1998–1999
- India MPs 1999–2004
- India MPs 2004–2009
- India MPs 2009–2014
- People from Bijapur district, Karnataka
- Lok Sabha members from Karnataka
- India MPs 2014–2019
- Janata Dal politicians
- Janata Dal (United) politicians
- Lok Janshakti Party politicians
- Narendra Modi ministry
- India MPs 2019–2024
- Lok Shakti politicians
- India MPs 2024–2029