41-568: Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), also referred to by his nickname Siddu , is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 May 2023. He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018, being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is presently the leader of the Congress Legislative Party . He represented
82-414: A coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he/she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits . Historically, this office replaced that of
123-587: A lawyer in Mysore , spotted him at the district courts as a law graduate. He was asked to contest and was elected to the Mysore Taluka. He contested on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket from Chamundeshwari constituency and entered the 7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1983. This was a surprise victory for all and it earned him a name and fame in the Old Mysore region. Later he joined the ruling Janata Party and became
164-480: A narrow margin of 1,696 votes and he was reelected for the 8th time. Congress under his leadership then supported the Janata Dal (Secular) in forming the government in 2018 to keep BJP out of power. He was the chairman of coordination committee that coordinated the congress-JDS coalition govt under H. D Kumarswamy . After the resignation of 17 MLAs, leading to the downfall of the coalition government, Siddaramaiah took
205-463: Is mononymous . Siddaramaiah is married to Parvathi and had two sons. His elder son, Rakesh, who was seen as his father's heir in politics, died of multiple organ failure in 2016 at the age of 38. His other son, Yathindra , contested the 2018 Legislative Assembly elections and won from the seat of Varuna in Mysuru, formerly his father's seat, by over 45,000 votes. Siddaramaiah has stated on record that he
246-417: Is an atheist, though he has more recently clarified his public stance on the subject: "Word has spread that I am an atheist, which I am not. I am spiritual -- I have participated in festivities as child. I have visited some of the popular pilgrimage centres. But I am definitely against superstition, as I view everything from a scientific point of view". Siddaramaiah's political career began when Nanjunda Swamy,
287-593: Is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka . As per the Constitution of India , the governor of Karnataka is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly , the governor usually invites the political party (or
328-445: The 2023 legislative assembly election , Siddaramaiah was again elected Chief Minister, and D. K. Shivakumar was appointed his deputy. After the first cabinet meet, Siddaramaiah announced that all "5 guarantees" announced in the party's manifesto had been approved and would be brought into effect in the following cabinet meet. He also insisted that the officers roll back his "zero-traffic" protocol to avoid traffic congestion problems for
369-684: The Bofors scandal , caused Rajiv Gandhi 's Congress (I) to lose the elections. The National Front coalition that was formed consisted of the Janata Dal and a few smaller parties in the government, and had outside support from the Left Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party . V. P. Singh was the prime minister. In November 1990, this coalition collapsed, and a new government headed by Chandra Shekhar under Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) which had
410-510: The Chamundeshwari bypolls held in December 2006, by a margin of 257 votes against M. Shivabasappa of JD (S), despite a fierce campaign against him by Deve Gowda, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister Yeddyurappa in the constituency. In the 2008 state Assembly elections, he contested from Varuna Constituency and was re-elected for the fifth time. He won the 2013 election from
451-657: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , and the Asom Gana Parishad , together and formed the National Front with N. T. Rama Rao as President and V. P. Singh as convenor. The front also included outside support from the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party and the left-wing Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) . They defeated Rajiv Gandhi 's Congress (I) in
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#1732901838435492-589: The Kuruba Gowda community. Siddaramaiah studied at Mount Carmel School and completed his schooling from Vidyavardhaka High School, which is managed by Vidyavardhaka Sangha (VVS) , Mysuru . He then went on to do his B. Sc . and LL.B . from Mysore University . Siddaramaiah was a junior under a well-renowned lawyer, P M Chikkaboraiah, in Mysore and later taught law for some time at Vidyavardhaka Law College managed by Vidyavardhaka Sangha (VVS) , Mysuru . Siddaramaiah
533-671: The Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on two occasions, from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013. Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years. Siddaramaiah was born to Siddarame Gowda and Boramma at a remote village called Siddaramanahundi in Varuna Hobli near T. Narasipura of Mysore district in a farming family. He is the fourth among six siblings, and he belongs to
574-566: The Varuna Assembly constituency from 2023, previously from 2008 to 2018, Badami Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023, and Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2007, 1994 to 1999, and from 1983 to 1989 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly . He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular) . He also served as
615-430: The dewan of Mysore of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore with India's constitution into a republic . Since 1947, there have been a total of twenty-three chief ministers of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. A majority of them belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC) party, including the inaugural officeholder K. C. Reddy . The longest-serving chief minister, D. Devaraj Urs , held
656-472: The 1989 Assembly elections, beaten by a veteran Congress leader, M. Rajasekara Murthy . Later in 1992, he was appointed Secretary General of Janata Dal , which H. D. Deve Gowda had also joined. He was elected again in the 1994 State Elections and became the Minister for Finance in the Janata Dal government headed by Deve Gowda. He was made Deputy Chief Minister when J. H. Patel became Chief Minister in 1996. He
697-611: The 1989 parliamentary elections. His government fell after Lalu Prasad Yadav got Advani arrested in Samastipur and stopped his Ram Rath Yatra , which was going to Ayodhya on the site of the Babri Masjid on 23 October 1990, and the Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew support. V. P. Singh lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on 7 November 1990. In the 1991 Indian general election the Janata Dal lost power but emerged as
738-526: The Congress (I) withdrew its support. Its second spell of power began in 1996, when the Janata Dal-led United Front coalition came to power, with outside support from the congress under Sitaram Kesri , choosing H. D. Deve Gowda as their prime minister. The Congress withdrew their support in less than a year, after the H. D. Deve Gowda Government restarted probing the corruption cases against
779-677: The Karnataka state buses and announced implementation of other four pre-poll guarantees in the state budget. In July 2023, he tabled the state budget for the record 14th time in state's history. He increased taxes on liquor , beer , stamp duty and registration of properties, and certain vehicle categories to fund the above-mentioned schemes. In July 2024 his cabinet approved a bill to reserve 50% to 75% jobs to native Kannada speakers, and 100% reservation for Group C and D employees in private and IT sectors. This idea received large opposition from people like Mohandas Pia, Kiran Mazumdar and others and hence
820-494: The Leader of the CLP and the Leader of opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 9 December. In the 2023 Karnataka legislative assembly election, Siddaramaiah contested from Varuna constituency and won. This makes his 9th election win. He was sworn in as Chief minister for the second time. Siddaramaiah was elected as Chief Minister after Congress adopted a secret ballot to select
861-524: The chief minister and transferred it to the Karnataka Lokayukta Mysore division, with a deadline to submit the investigation report within 3 months. The Karnataka Lokayukta has filed 61 corruption cases, out of which 11 were disposed of as of 2019. Siddaramaiah has 50 cases pending against him in the Lokayukta. List of chief ministers of Karnataka The chief minister of Karnataka
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#1732901838435902-1002: The chief minister of the state for four terms in 2007, 2008, 2018 and 2019, the only one to do so. S. R. Bommai served as the chief minister representing the Janata Parivar , whose son Basavaraj Bommai became chief minister representing the BJP in 2021 becoming the second father-son duo to serve office after HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy. There have been six instances of president's rule in Karnataka, most recently from 2007 to 2008. (tenure length) ( election ) (tenure length) ( election ) continued... (tenure length) ( election ) ( election ) 1st ( 1952 ) ( 1957 ) ( President's rule ) 5th ( 1972 ) ( President's rule ) ( President's rule ) ( President's rule ) ( President's rule ) ( President's rule ) Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of October 2024) Janata Dal Janata Dal ("People’s Party")
943-573: The first president of the Kannada Surveillance Committee (Kannada Kavalu Samiti), set up to supervise the implementation of Kannada as an official language. During the mid-term polls in 1985, Siddaramaiah was re-elected from the same constituency and became Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. In Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde 's government, he handled diverse portfolios such as Sericulture, Animal Husbandry and Transport at different stages. He first suffered defeat in
984-533: The governor Thawar Chand gehlot issued a prosecution notice against the chief minister to proceed investigations, based on these alleged irregularities. Further Siddaramaiah lodged a petition questioning the Governor's prosecution, stating that it is unconstitutional and the governor has not applied any mental ability before issuing the notice. On 24 September the High Court of Karnataka issued it's judgement dismissing
1025-475: The huge public gathering. He even challenged Reddy brothers in the house when he was the leader of the opposition that he would come to Bellary through padayatra. It garnered attention of whole state and eventually Siddaramaiah came to power in 2013. Siddaramaiah celebrated his 75th birthday on 3 August 2022 in Davanagere and called it "Siddaramotsava", where more than 20 lakh followers of Siddaramaiah had attended
1066-485: The leadership of the upcoming by-elections in Karnataka. The by-polls were held on 5 December 2019 for the 15 assembly seats. Though Siddaramaiah expressed his confidence in winning 12 out of the 15 contested seats, Congress managed to win only 2 seats and the JDS winning none of it. This was a major setback for his leadership and differences arose among his own party members questioning his leadership. Thus Siddaramaiah resigned as
1107-476: The new chief minister. He led the Indian National Congress to victory by achieving an absolute majority of 122/224 seats in the 2013 Legislative Assembly election . On 15 May 2018, he resigned from his position of the Chief minister of Karnataka , respecting the verdict of the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election . He also became the first chief minister of Karnataka to serve full 5 years term in 40 years, and
1148-412: The office for over seven years in the 1970s. INC's Veerendra Patil had the largest gap between two terms (over eighteen years). One chief minister, H. D. Deve Gowda , went on to become the eleventh prime minister of India , whereas another, B. D. Jatti , served as the country's fifth vice president . B. S. Yediyurappa who was the first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as
1189-491: The passing of the bill was postponed. In July 2023, the state witnessed series of killings which included an on-duty police constable crushed to death by a sand mafia truck, Jain monk Nandhi Maharaj from Belgaum , a worker named Venugopal in T. Narasipur and a double murder of CEO and MD of a company in Bangalore . This led to criticism of law and order situation within the state. In July 2024, his cabinet minister B. Nagendra
1230-475: The petition, and stated that the " Governor has the provision to use independent decisions in such exceptional cases, and has used abundant application of mind, while the case would undoubtedly require investigation since the beneficiary is the family of the petitioner Siddaramaiah". The very next day on 25 September, the Special Court of Representatives ordered a detailed investigation of the case filed against
1271-552: The president that by gaining the backing of the Congress (I) and its electoral allies he enjoyed the support of 280 members of the Lok Sabha, and he demanded the right to constitute a new government. Even though his rump party accounted for only one-ninth of the members of the Lok Sabha, Chandra Shekhar succeeded in forming a new minority Government and becoming Prime Minister (with Devi Lal as deputy prime minister). However, Chandra Shekhar's government fell less than four months later, after
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1312-595: The program. In 2005, after differences with H. D. Deve Gowda, Siddaramaiah was expelled from JD (S). He wanted to revive a regional party "ABPJD" in the state after quitting the JD (S), but he did not because regional parties formed earlier in Karnataka had not survived. He subsequently garnered mass support from the backward classes and joined the Congress at a large public meeting held in Bangalore, in Sonia Gandhi 's presence. He won
1353-420: The public. His council of ministers was named the following week and was reported that he would hold finance, cabinet affairs and all unallocated portfolios. His cabinet approved reverting changes by the previous BJP government in school textbooks, which included removing lessons on RSS founder K. B. Hedgewar and Hindutva figure Vinayak Damodar Savarkar , launched a scheme providing free bus rides to women in
1394-775: The same constituency ( Varuna ) on 8 May 2013 and was reelected for the 7th time. He was elected as the leader of the Congress legislative party in the Karnataka assembly on 10 May 2013. He had previously announced that the 2013 Assembly election would be his last election, but in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election , he left his safe Varuna seat for his son, and he himself went on to contest from two constituencies, i.e. Chamundeshwari and Badami , and faced stiff competition against GT Devegowda of JD (S) and B. Sriramulu of BJP respectively, both of which were new constituencies for him. He lost in Chamundeshwari , but won in Badami vidhan sabha seat beating BJP heavyweight Sriramulu with
1435-477: The second in the history of the southern state after Devaraj Urs . He also holds the record of presenting state budget 13 times as a finance minister in Government of Karnataka . Despite allegations of mounting debt on state exchequer by the opposition, he is known for maintaining fiscal prudence within the ambit of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act of the state. After the Congress emerged victorious in
1476-555: The support of the congress came to power for a short while. Two days before the vote, Chandra Shekhar , an ambitious Janata Dal rival who had been kept out of the National Front government, joined with Devi Lal, a former deputy prime minister under V. P. Singh, to form the Samajwadi Janata Party, with a total of just sixty Lok Sabha members. The day after the collapse of the National Front government, Chandra Shekhar informed
1517-548: The third largest party in Lok Sabha . The Janata Dal-led United Front formed the government after the 1996 Indian general election with the outside support of the Indian National Congress . However, after this the Janata Dal gradually disintegrated into various smaller factions, which largely became regional parties such as Biju Janata Dal , Rashtriya Janata Dal , Janata Dal (Secular) and Janata Dal (United) . It first came to power in 1989, after cases of corruption, known as
1558-523: Was accused of money transfers of around ₹187 crores into various bank accounts from the SC-ST Valmiki funds, in a suicide victim's death note. With these accusations prevailing the minister was asked to step down, and the Enforcement Directorate instigated the investigation taking him into custody. Siddaramaiah too agreed upon the illegal transactions on the floor of the house, but stated that it
1599-576: Was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal , Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) , and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh . V. P. Singh united the entire disparate spectrum of parties ranging from regional parties such as the Telugu Desam Party ,
1640-592: Was sacked as Deputy Chief Minister and dropped from the Cabinet on 22 July 1999. After the split in the Janata Dal, he joined the Janata Dal (Secular) faction of Deve Gowda and became the president of its state unit. However, he lost in the 1999 state elections. In 2004, when the Indian National Congress and JD (S) formed a coalition government with Dharam Singh as Chief Minister, he was again appointed Deputy Chief Minister. He addressed ahinda samavesha in Hubballi, which had
1681-435: Was ₹89 crores and not ₹187 crores. In August 2024, a social worker named T J Abraham filed a complaint to the governor against chief minister Siddaramaiah, accusing of "misuse of power" to influence "Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA)" to allot 14 site plots in Mysore to his wife. This led to a wide row and the opposition parties demanded his resignation by conducting a march from Bangalore to Mysore. Further on 17 August