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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 |
| Minister | |
| 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 |
| Minister forRevenue Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Minister forSocial Welfare Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Minister forExcise Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 1984–1985 | |
| Minister forHome Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 1983–1985 | |
| Member ofKarnataka 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 | (1952-06-28)28 June 1952 (age 73) |
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| Spouse | Shobha |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Residence(s) | Bijapur, Karnataka,Karnataka |
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Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi (born 28 June 1952) is an Indian politician fromKarnataka and currently a member ofLok Sabha.[2] He wasUnion Minister of State forDrinking Water andSanitation in 2016. He was member of the12th ,13th,14th,15th and16thLok Sabha. He was inducted intoNarendra Modi's government as a Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation on July 5, 2016. He represents theBijapur constituency (2019–2024) and is currently a member of theBharatiya Janata Party which he joined in 2002. He has also been a member ofJanata Dal and Ramakrishna Hegde's Vedike Party and Ram Vilas Paswan's Jan Shakti Party in 2001 when Hegde was planning to retire.
Ramesh Jigajinagi was born on 28 June 1952 inAtharga village ofBijapur District inKarnataka to 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 aDalit and hails from aScheduled Caste community.
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. Shankaranand of theIndian National Congress'. Ramesh entered the 12th Lok Sabha with a margin of 1,31,238 votes.[4]
Initially, he joined the undividedJanata Dal under the mentorship ofRamakrishna Hegde. He remained in the Janata 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 rejoinedJanata 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]
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