P Muniraju Gowda

P Muniraju Gowda born 3 October 1978, is the current State president of BJP Yuva Morcha Karnataka in Karnataka.[1] Muniraju was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He already served the party at various levels as Vice-President and General Secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha Karnataka in Karnataka. He was the youngest candidate in Karnataka to contest the Parliamentary elections in 2014.

Early life and career

P Muniraju Gowda was born on 3 October 1978. Having hailed from a rural background, he witnessed the rural education system at close quarters and was inspired by many heroes like Chandrashekhar Azad and Swami Vivekananda. He started an organisation called "Vivekananda Yuva Vedika" to encourage meritorious students studying in the under-developed places of the state.

As a youth, he became a volunteer at RSS. He joined the BJP party and worked at various levels, eventually becoming General Secretary of the BJYM. In that role, he organised and monitored various mandal meetings building youngsters organisationally across 14 mandals. He was also the founder president of Vivekanada Yuva Vedika - an organisation to encourage education and for building morale amongst youth. Later, as vice president, he collaborated with the "Jana Chetana Yatra" prabhandhak led by Sri L. K. Advani, Ex Deputy Prime Minister of India, across 21 states and 12,000 km for 40 days across India. he conducted various yathres like Rasthriya Suraksha Yathre, Tiranga Yathre, Jana Sangarsha Andolana Padayatre and contested for BBMP elections.

He represented the BJP in the 2014 Indian General Election to the Lok Sabha from the Bangalore Rural constituency.[2]

Presidency

As the President of BJYM, he toured all 36 organisational districts and contested for the parliamentary elections from Bengaluru Rural Constituency. He started Shashwatha Neeriagagi horata - Padayatra to address the water crisis in rural Bengaluru areas. Yuva Chaitanya Yatre - Rathayatra from Belgavi to Mysuru calling for action against narcotics in Karnataka. He organised protests against Karnataka state government to drop corrupt and inefficient ministers. He also conducted over 100 bike rallies and torch-light marches.

References

  1. ↑ "Karnataka BJP mobilises youth cadre for Shah event today". Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Top guns on BJP first list of 20 for Lok Sabha elections". The Hindu (Bangalore). 9 March 2014. Retrieved Aug 19, 2015.

[1]

  1. ↑ Gowda, Muniraju. "Biography". Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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