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'''Siddaramaiah'''<!-- Please discuss in the talk page before adding any intials as a part the subject's name. --> (born 12 August 1948),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://affidavitarchive.nic.in/Affidavit/AE2004_Affidavits/karnataka/117/Siddaramaiah/Siddaramaiah_SC1.html|title=Siddaramaiah's affidavit|access-date=6 April 2004}}</ref> also referred to by his nickname '''Siddu''',{{Efn|Sources calling the subject Siddu<ref>{{Cite web|title=CM Siddu confident of winning in coming election – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/tag/cm-siddu-confident-of-winning-in-coming-election/|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vishwanath backs Ibrahim, says many are not happy with CM Siddu|url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/vishwanath-backs-ibrahim-says-many-are-not-happy-cm-siddu|access-date=2021-08-09|website=coastaldigest.com - The Trusted News Portal of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Big Kannada push ahead of polls; CM Siddu appeases pro Kannada outfits|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAUQbqDvPGQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/yAUQbqDvPGQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-08-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Karnataka CM Siddu's 'Bhagya' budgets swell debt burden to Rs 2.86 lakh crore|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/feb/17/karnataka-cm-siddus-bhagya-budgets-swell-debt-burden-to-rs-286-lakh-crore-1774579.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CM Siddu to Modi: Give Bharat Ratna to Siddaganga seer|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/karnataka/cm-siddu-to-modi-give-bharat-ratna-to-siddaganga-seer|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=shastri|first=vittal|date=2018-05-06|title=Get famous, elect your next CM: Siddu to Badami|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/060518/get-famous-elect-your-next-cm-siddu-to-badami.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-22|title=Hegde was my political guide, not Deve Gowda, says CM Siddu|url=https://starofmysore.com/hegde-political-guide-not-deve-gowda-says-cm-siddu/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UP BJP loses 3rd MLA to Covid – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/up-bjp-loses-3rd-mla-to-covid/|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kannada|first=TV9|date=2021-05-02|title=FMR CM Siddu: ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರಿಗೇ ಫೋನ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀನಿ ಆದ್ರೂ ರೆಮ್ಡಿಸಿವರ್ ಇಂಜೆಕ್ಷನ್ ಸಿಗಲಿಲ್ಲ|url=https://tv9kannada.com/karnataka/fmr-cm-siddaramaiah-says-health-minister-dr-k-sudhakar-doesnt-pick-his-calls-anj-220296.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=TV9 Kannada|language=kn}}</ref>}} is an [[Indian politician]] currently serving as the leader of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly since from 9 December 2019. He is a member of [[Congress Working Committee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cwc-membership-means-its-a-triple-role-for-siddaramaiah/article24455057.ece|title=CWC membership means it's a triple role for Siddaramaiah|last=Prabhu|first=Nagesh|date=2018-07-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/jul/18/siddaramaiah-enters-national-stage-with-congress-working-committee-entry-1844934.html|title = Siddaramaiah enters national stage with Congress Working Committee entry}}</ref> Currently, he is a leader in the [[Indian National Congress]] party,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/im-sidda-rama-and-100-hindu-karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah/articleshow/59615322.cms|title=I'm Sidda-Rama and 100% Hindu: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah}}</ref>

|url=http://southmonitor.com/siddaramaiah-sworn-in-as-karnataka-chief-minister|publisher=Southmonitor.com}}</ref> He is presently continued as the opposition leader of Karnataka despite his resignation, which was not accepted at higher levels and continued his tenure.<ref name="bs">{{cite news

</ref> He had no formal schooling until he was ten but went on to do his [[Bachelor of Science|B. Sc]] and [[LL.B]] from [[Mysore University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=K Siddaramaiah Biography|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/k-siddaramaiah.html|access-date=27 Aug 2021}}</ref> He is the second among five siblings and he belongs to [[Kuruba|Kuruba Gowda/ Shepherd]] community.<ref name="bennur">{{cite news|author=Bennur|first=Shankar|date=11 May 2013|title=Siddaramanahundi celebrates elevation of its proud son|work=The Hindu|location=Siddaramanahundi|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/siddaramanahundi-celebrates-elevation-of-its-proud-son/article4703483.ece|access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref>

Siddaramaiah was a junior under a lawyer, Chikkaboraiah, in Mysore and later taught law for some time.<ref>http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-he-was-born-headstrong-siddaramaiah-1833203</ref>

Before 1978, he began political career when Nanjunda Swamy, 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chamundeshwari constituency]] and entered the 7th [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] in 1983. This was a surprise victory for all and it earned him a lot of name and fame in the Old Mysore region.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Later he joined the ruling [[Janata Party]] and became 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.<ref name=":1">http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/6.pdf</ref>

He first suffered defeat in the 1989 Assembly elections, beaten by a veteran Congress leader, [[M. Rajasekara Murthy]]. Later in 1992, he was appointed as 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 was sacked as [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka|Deputy Chief Minister]] and dropped from the Cabinet on 22 July 1999.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: Karnataka CM sacks 8 ministers|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/22dal.htm|access-date=2021-12-09|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> 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 as Deputy Chief Minister.<ref name="toi">{{cite news

He won the 2013 election from the same constituency ([[Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Varuna]]) on 8 May 2013 and reelected for the 7th time . He was elected as the leader of the Congress legislative party in the Karnataka assembly on 10 May 2013.<ref name="ht">{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/KarnatakaElections2013/Siddaramaiah-elected-as-CLP-leader-set-to-be-Karnataka-CM/Article1-1057863.aspx | title=Siddaramaiah elected as CLP leader, set to be Karnataka CM | work=[[Hindustan Times]] | date=10 May 2013 | agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] | access-date=2013-05-10 | location=Bangalore | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511103325/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/KarnatakaElections2013/Siddaramaiah-elected-as-CLP-leader-set-to-be-Karnataka-CM/Article1-1057863.aspx | archive-date=11 May 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He had previously announced that the 2013 Assembly election would be his last election,<ref name="hindu">{{cite news

| location=Bangalore}}</ref> but in the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]], he left his safe [[Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Varuna]] seat for his son, and he himself went on to contest from two constituencies, i.e. [[Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chamundeshwari]] and [[Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chamundeshwari]], but won in [[Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Badami vidhan sabha seat]] beating BJP heavyweight Sriramulu with a narrow margin of 1,696 votes and he 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. Kumaraswamy|H. D Kumarswamy]]. After the resignation of 17 MLAs, leading to the downfall of the coalition government, Siddaramaiah took the leadership of the upcoming by-elections in Karnataka.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/karnataka-assembly-bypolls-results-live-updates-bs-yediyurappa-bjp-karnataka-government-congress-jds-siddaramaiah-kumaraswamy/1788185/lite/|title=Karnataka Bypoll Results 2019 Updates: Big win for Yediyurappa, BJP sweeps 12 of 15 seats|date=9 December 2019|work=Financial Express|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref> This was a major setback for his leadership and differences arouse among his own party members questioning his leadership.<ref>{{cite web

On 15 May 2018, he resigned from his position of the [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief minister of Karnataka]], respecting the verdict of the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/siddaramaiah-resigns-after-cong-defeat-in-karnataka-polls/articleshow/64176243.cms|title=Siddaramaiah resigns after Cong defeat in Karnataka polls - Times of India ►|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> He also became the first chief minister of Karnataka to serve full 5 years term in 40 years, and the second in the history of the southern state after [[D. Devaraj Urs|Devaraj Urs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/siddaramaiah-becomes-first-karnataka-cm-in-40-years-to-finish-full-term-1199645-2018-03-28|title=Siddaramaiah becomes first Karnataka CM in 40 years to finish full term|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> He also holds the record of presenting state budget for 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.<ref>https://www.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/siddaramaiah-to-present-record-13th-state-budget-on-friday/amp_articleshow/62921152.cms</ref>

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