B. Sriramulu
B. Sriramulu | |
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Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Constituency | Bellary , Karnataka |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bellary, Karnataka | 8 August 1971
Nationality | Indian |
Political party |
Barathiya Jantha Party BJP- March 2014- Present |
Residence | Bellary |
Alma mater | Veera Shaiva College |
Occupation | Politician |
Religion | Hindu Nayak |
Website | Official website |
B. Sriramulu (born 8 August 1971) is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of the current Karnataka legislative assembly representing Bellary Rural Constituency. He was Health and Family Welfare minister in the Government of Karnataka till September 2011.
Background
B. Sriramulu was born in Bellary, Karnataka on 8 August 1971 to B. Thimmappa, a railway employee and B Honnuramma, a housewife. He is the seventh child from among four brothers and four sisters.
Career
His political journey began as a Councillor from Devi Nagar in the year 1996.
The 1999 Lok Sabha elections saw the emergence of B SriRamulu as Sushma Swaraj’s local aide. All though Swaraj and Sriramulu (who contested the 1999 Assembly elections from Bellary city) lost in the elections, for Him, both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections that year proved to be a crucial stepping stone.
He was Tourism, Textile, Civil Aviation & Infrastructure Minister.
In September 2011, he resigned as an MLA and later quit the BJP owing to alleged humiliation meted out to his mentor and jailed former minister Gali Janardhan Reddy by the BJP leadership.[1] Subsequently he contested as an Independent candidate again from the Bellary Rural constituency and won.[2] He then floated a regional party, Badava Shramika Raitha Congress (BSR Congress).[3] However in March 2014 he again joined BJP and contested Loksabha election from Bellary as a BJP candidate.[4]
References
- ↑ Reddy brothers's shock to BJP: Sreeramulu quits party in Karnataka - India - DNA
- ↑ Bellary bypoll: Ruling BJP loses deposit, rebel Sriramulu wins - Times Of India
- ↑ Sriramulu to roll out BSR Party - Times Of India
- ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/bs-sriramulu-re-joins-bjp-says-sushma-swaraj-like-my-mother-495787
External links
- B. Sriramulu - Health and Family Welfare Department excluding Medical Education at the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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