Shobha Karandlaje: Difference between revisions

| image              = MP Shobha Karandlaje.jpg

| birth_place        = [[Puttur, Karnataka|Putturu]], [[Dakshina Kannada]], [[Karnataka]]

| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(till 2012; 2014–present)}}

| otherparty = [[Karnataka Janata Paksha]]<br />{{small|(2012-2014)}}

| office = Minister of State,    [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare| Agriculture and Farmers Welfare]]

| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]

|president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]

| minister = [[Narendra Singh Tomar]]

| term_start = 7July 2021

| term_end =  

| predecessor = [[Parshottam Rupala]]   

| office1            = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]

| constituency1    = [[Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udupi Chikmagalur]]

| term_start1 = 26 May 2014

| predecessor1 = [[K. Jayaprakash Hegde]]

| office2 = Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, [[Government of Karnataka]]

| 3blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 3namedata2 = [[B. S. Yeddyurappa|B S Yeddyurappa]]

| term_start2 = 26 May 2008

| term_end2 = 28 August 2009

| predecessor2 = [[C. M. Udasi]]

| successor2 = [[Jagadish Shettar]]

| office3 = Minister for [[Energy]],<br />[[Government of Karnataka]]

| 3blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 3namedata3 = [[Jagadish Shettar]]  

| term_start3 = 18 March 2010

|predecessor3 = [[Basavaraj Bommai]]

| successor3 = [[K S Eshwarappa]]

| office4 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]

| term_start4 = 2008

| term_end4 = 2013

| constituency4 = [[Yeshvanthapura (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Yeshvanthapura]]

| predecessor4 =  

| successor4 =[[S. T. Somashekhar]]

'''Shobha Karandlaje''' (born 23 October 1966)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shobha-karandlaje|title=Shobha Karandlaje {{!}} National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> is an Indian [[politics|politician]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Karnataka]], [[India]] who is currently serving as the [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare]] in the [[Second Modi ministry]] .<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-meet-some-of-the-faces-from-pm-modis-new-team/articleshow/84203141.cms | title=Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=8 July 2021 | accessdate=8 July 2021}}</ref>. She is also the Vice President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka]] and Member of Parliament<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4616|access-date=2021-07-01|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> representing [[Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udupi Chikmagalur]] Lok Sabha Constituency. She was a cabinet minister in the [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref name=":0" /> She is a close confidant to Karnataka Chief Minister [[B. S. Yeddyurappa|B S Yeddyurappa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengaluru: BSY confident of Shobha Karandlaje being given suitable position|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=592164|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.daijiworld.com}}</ref>

She was lauded for her performance as the RDPR minister<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Path=TOIBG/2010/05/29&ID=Pc00409|title=The Times Of India Bangalore; Date: May 29, 2010; Section: Times City; Page: 4|website=epaper.timesofindia.com|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> and came to be known as a good administrator.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnatakas/180|title=So it seems, Shobha Karandlaje was indeed chief minister of Karnataka|date=2014-09-17|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> She resigned in 2009 due to a political crisis but was re-instated in 2010 and was entrusted with the Energy portfolio. She was the power minister in the [[Jagadish Shettar]] ministry<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.karnataka.com/govt/ministers-jagadish-shettar/|title=Karnataka Ministers {{!}} Cabinet {{!}} Portfolio {{!}} Jagadish Shettar Cabinet|date=2012-07-17|work=Karnataka.com|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en-US}}</ref> and also had the additional charge of the Food and Civil Supplies department.  She had resigned from [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and Joined [[Karnataka Janata Paksha|KJP]] formed by Ex Chief Minister of Karnataka [[B. S. Yediyurappa]] in the year 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|last=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/bs-yeddyurappa-karnataka-janata-paksha-shobha-karandlaje-151229-2013-01-09|title=KJP Formed by Yedurappa}}</ref> And was appointed as KJP Working President.<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/yeddyurappa-appoints-shobha-karandlaje-as-kjps-working-president/article5075505.ece|title=Yeddyurappa Appoints Shobha Karandlaje as KJPs working President|agency=PTI|date=30 August 2013|accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Deccan|first=Herald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/shobha-against-renukas-induction-into-kjp-313592.html|title=Shubha Against Renukas Induction to KJP.}}</ref> She contested 2013 assembly election from [[Rajaji Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and came third.<ref>https://resultuniversity.com/election/rajajinagar-karnataka-assembly-constituency</ref> By January 2014 she was back in BJP when her party KJP merged with BJP.