B. N. Bache Gowda Explained

Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:2019
Term End:4 June 2024
Predecessor:Veerappa Moily
Successor:K. Sudhakar
Constituency:Chikballapur
Term Start2:7 June 2008
Term End2:13 May 2013
2Blankname2:Minister of Labour
2Namedata2:7 June 2008 - 13 May 2013
Office3:Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency3:Hoskote
Term Start3:2008
Term End3:2013
Predecessor3:M. T. B. Nagaraj
Successor3:M. T. B. Nagaraj
Term Start4:1994
Term End4:2004
Predecessor4:N Chikke Gowda
Successor4:M. T. B. Nagaraj
Constituency4:Hoskote
Term Start5:1985
Term End5:1989
Predecessor5:N Chikke Gowda
Successor5:N Chikke Gowda
Constituency5:Hoskote
Term Start6:1978
Term End6:1983
Predecessor6:N Chikke Gowda
Successor6:N Chikke Gowda
Constituency6:Hoskote
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Birth Date:1 October 1942
Birth Place:Bendiganahalli, Bangalore Rural, Karnataka
Spouse:Uma Gowda
Children:Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda
Source:https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5173
Otherparty:Bharatiya Janata Party (2008–2024)
Party:Indian National Congress (2024–present)

Bendiganahalli Narayangowda Bache Gowda (born 1 October 1942) is an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Chikkaballapur from 2019 to 2024. He was member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2008 to 2024.[1]

B. N. Bache Gowda started his political career with Janata Party and was part of Deve Gowda group, whose Janata Dal (United) he joined in 1999. But he joined BJP later and contested elections as a member of BJP since 2008. He was elected to Karnataka Vidhan Sabha five times - in 1978, 1985, 1994, 1999, 2008 - from Hosakote (Vidhana Sabha constituency).[2] He was the losing candidate in Hosakote in 1989, 2004, 2013. He was a minister in Jagadish Shettar's BJP government in 2013 but lost the assembly election that year from Hosakote.[3] He contested Lok Sabha election from Chikkaballapur as BJP candidate in 2014 but lost. He won that seat in 2019.

His son Sharath Bachegowda (b 1982) contested from Hosakote as BJP candidate in 2018 but lost to Nagaraj of Congress. Nagaraj resigned from Congress in 2019 when Kumaraswamy ministry was toppled. Nagaraj contested the by-poll from Hosakote on BJP's ticket. Sharath Bache Gowda contested as a rebel, and defeated Nagaraj in the by-poll. Later Sharath Bachegowda joined Congress.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lok Sabha Results 2019: BJP sweeps in Karnataka, leaves ruling coalition in tizzy . News Nation . 23 May 2019 . 24 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha.
  3. News: 12 Ministers fall as Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka. The Economic Times. 8 May 2013.
  4. News: Sharath Bachegowda emerges triumphant in Hosakote. Business Standard India. 9 December 2019. Press Trust of India.