U Rajesh Naik: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox officeholder|caption='''U Rajesh Naik'''|image=File:U_Rajesh_Naik.jpg|birth_date={{birth date and age|1958|7|11|df=yes}}|birth_place=Ulipady Guthu, [[Dakshina Kannada district|Dakshina Kannada]], [[Karnataka]]

|constituency_AM2=[[Bantwal (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Bantwal]]|assembly2=Karnataka Legislative

|term_start2=[[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|May 2018]]|term_end2=|party=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]

| predecessor2        = [[Ramanath Rai]]

}}

'''U Rajesh Naik''' is a politician from [[Bantwal]] [[Karnataka]]. He is the [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bantwal (Vidhana Sabha constituency)]] since May 2018 after he defeated [[Indian National Congress]]'s candidate [[Ramanath Rai]] by 15,971 votes contesting the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] on a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/karnataka-elections-bjp-candidate-u-rajesh-defeats-minister-ramanath-rai-in-bantwal/articleshow/64173087.cms|title=Karnataka Elections: BJP candidate U Rajesh defeats minister Ramanath Rai in Bantwal - Times of India|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BJP wins 28 out of 33 seats in coastal Karnataka, Malnad |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-2018/bjp-wins-28-out-of-33-seats-in-coastal-karnataka-malnad/article23893796.ece |work=The Hindu |date=15 May 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="brazenly communal">{{cite news |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Amit |title=Bantwal, Karnataka’s most brazenly communal constituency |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/05/05/karnataka-assembly-election-2018-bantwal-bjp-congress-modi |access-date=31 December 2021 |work=Newslaundry |date=5 May 2018}}</ref>

 

Rajesh Naik had previously lost to [[Ramanath Rai]] in [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/mangaluru-waits-with-bated-breath-as-counting-begins-today/article23888755.ece|title=Mangaluru waits with bated breath as counting begins today|first=Anil Kumar|last=Sastry|date=15 May 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

 

Rajesh Naik is also a dairy farmer at his Oddoor farms in Thenka Yedapadavu village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/kalladkas-ideologies-will-spur-us-to-victory-in-dist-naik/articleshow/63851033.cms|title=Kalladka's ideologies will spur us to victory in dist: U Rajesh Naik - Times of India|publisher=}}</ref>