R. Ashoka

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = R. Ashoka
|image = R. Ashoka.jpg
|caption = R. Ashoka in 2020
| office5= [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
| term_start5 = 12 July 2012
| term_end5 = 8 May 2013
| predecessor5= [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| successor5 = [[G. Parameshwara]]
| office1 = [[Cabinet Minister]]<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start2 = 20 August 2019
| term_end2 =
| 1blankname2 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata2 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname2 = Minister of Revenue
| 2namedata2 = 20 August 2019 - Incumbent
| 3blankname2 = Minister of Municipal Administration
| 3namedata2 = 27 September 2019 - 10 February 2020
| term_start3 = 30 May 2008
| term_end3 = 13 May 2013
| 1blankname3 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata3 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname3 = Minister of Home Affairs
| 2namedata3 = 23 September 2010 - 13 May 2013
| 3blankname3 = Minister of Transport
| 3namedata3 = 30 May 2008 - 13 May 2013
| term_start4 = 12 February 2006
| term_end4 = 8 October 2007
| 1blankname4 = {{centre|Ministry}}
| 1namedata4 = {{centre|'''Term'''}}
| 2blankname4 = Minister of Health and Family Welfare
| 2namedata4 = 12 February 2006 - 8 October 2007
|office6 = Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
| term_start6 = 23 January 2014
| term_end6= 25 May 2018
| predecessor6= [[R. V. Deshpande]]
| successor6 = [[Govind M. Karjol]]
| office7= District in charge of [[Bangalore City]] and [[Mandya]], [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start7 = May 2010
| term_end7 = May 2013
| office8 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start9 = 1998
| term_end9 = 2008
| predecessor9 = [[M. Srinivas]]
| successor9 = ''Seat disestablished''
| constituency9 = [[Uttarahalli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uttarahalli]]
| term_start8 = 2008
| predecessor8 = ''Seat established''
| successor8 =
| constituency8 = [[Padmanaba Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Padmanaba Nagar]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|07|01}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=S |first1=Rajashekara |title=Revenue Minister R Ashoka tests negative, celebrates birthday in Chikkamagaluru |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/revenue-minister-r-ashoka-tests-negative-celebrates-birthday-in-chikkamagaluru/articleshow/76743430.cms |accessdate=9 August 2020 |work=Bangalore Mirror |date=2 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|birth_place=
|residence= [[Bangalore]]
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|parents =
|education = [[Bachelor of Science]]
|spouse = {{marriage|Pramilarani|1987}}
|website = {{url|https://rashoka.in}}
}}

'''Jalahalli Ramaiah Ashoka'''<ref>{{Citation|title=BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa takes oath as minister – NEWS9|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRDyAU-egzo|language=en|access-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> (born 1 July 1957) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Revenue of Karnataka from 20 August 2019. He is also the Vice-Chairman for the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority and the district in-charge minister for Bangalore rural. He has previously served as the 6th [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/2-deputy-cms-for-karnataka/article3623735.ece|title=2 Deputy CMs for Karnataka|date=10 July 2012|accessdate=7 January 2020|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/this-former-dy-cm-is-a-step-closer-to-the-top-job/articleshow/63999047.cms?from=mdr|title=This former dy CM is a step closer to the top job|first=K. R.|last=Balasubramanyam|date=2 May 2018|accessdate=7 January 2020|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> He has previously served as the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly (2014 -2018), [[Minister of Home Affairs]] and [[Minister of Transport]] under the BJP government. He has also served as the [[Minister of Health and Family Welfare]] under the coalition government of BJP and JDS. He is a six-time MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) for the [[Padmanaba Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Padmanabhanagar]] (formerly [[Uttarahalli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uttarahalli]]) constituency.

==Early political career==
During Emergency (1975–77), he was arrested and detained in prison along with veteran leaders like [[L.K. Advani]] at the Central Jail in Bengaluru. He was first elected to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] in the 1997 by-Elections from [[Uttarahalli]], which was the biggest state legislature constituency in India before delimitation. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 1999 and 2004 Assembly elections with impressive margins. In the 2004 elections, he won by a margin of 84,001 votes which is the highest in any Karnataka Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/karnataka/trivia-19/|title=Karnataka Elections 2018: Election Trivia|website=News18|accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>

==Positions held==
In 2008, he became the Minister of Health and family welfare in the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]-[[Janata Dal (Secular)]] (BJP-JD(S)) coalition government. As a minister, he implemented novel schemes and also streamlined the administration of the department.<ref name=ra>{{cite news|title=State keen to maintain record, says Ashok|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/08/stories/2007010815160400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605175358/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/08/stories/2007010815160400.htm|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2007-01-08|archive-date=2008-06-05}}</ref> He undertook surprise visits to the hospitals to inspect and review their functioning. Also, he raided many private clinics in rural areas and tried to eliminate the menace of fake medical practitioners in the state.

As Minister of Transport in the [[Yeddyurappa]] Government from 2008 onwards, he was instrumental in modernizing the department and also using innovative hi-tech methods to automate the working of the department.<ref name=RA2>{{cite news|title=KSRTC to add 3,000 new buses this year|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article2115741.ece|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

When [[Jagadish Shettar]] became Chief Minister in June 2012, Ashoka was appointed as one of the two Deputy chief ministers and entrusted with the ministries of Home and Transport in the [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jagdish Shettar will have 2 deputies as he takes oath as Karnataka CM today|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jagdish-shettar-deputies-oath-karnataka-cm-sadananda-gowda/1/207695.html|accessdate=26 June 2016|publisher=India Today|date=11 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=ra2>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Reshuffle: Ashoka gets Home, Palemar gets Muzrai|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=86218|publisher=Daijiworld}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Rise & Rise Of Ashoka|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F09%2F26&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar00600&AppName=1|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

Ashoka is regarded as one of the most influential leaders of the BJP in [[Bangalore]] city and has steered the party to historic victories in the 2010 and 2015 [[BBMP]] elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP Wins Bangalore Municipal Elections For The First Time|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bjp-wins-bangalore-municipal-elections-for-the-first-time-1367595|accessdate=26 June 2016|publisher=DNA India|date=5 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=For BBMP Polls, BJP Puts R Ashok At Helm|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/For-BBMP-Polls-BJP-Puts-R-Ashok-At-Helm/2015/08/02/article2953204.ece|accessdate=26 June 2016|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBMP results: BJP sweeps Bangalore civic body's poll|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/siddaramaiah-owns-responsibility-for-losing-bengaluru-polls-to-bjp/1/460882.html|accessdate=26 June 2016|publisher=India Today|date=25 August 2015}}</ref>

On 26 August 2019, Ashoka was appointed as the Revenue Minister in Karnataka government excluding Muzrai.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bharadwaj |first1=K. V. Aditya |title=In a first, Karnataka to have 3 Deputy Chief Ministers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/in-a-first-karnataka-to-have-3-deputy-chief-ministers-and-complete-list-of-council-of-ministers/article29261682.ece |accessdate=27 August 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=26 August 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Karnataka CM Yediyurappa announces names of three Deputy Chief Ministers |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/karnataka-cm-yediyurappa-announces-names-three-deputy-chief-ministers-107871 |accessdate=27 August 2019 |work=www.thenewsminute.com |date=26 August 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Deputy Chief Ministers of Karnataka}}
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Deputy Chief Ministers of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]

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