Published On: January 3, 2022 at 18:00 IST
Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
NAME – Govind Makthappa Karjol
PROFESSION – Politician
BORN – 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH – Mudhol, Bagalkot, Karnataka
FATHER’S NAME – Makthappa
MOTHER’S NAME – N/A
SPOUSE – N/A
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – 1
EDUCATION – 10th pass S.S.L.C. Mysore Secondary Board.
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE – N/A
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- N/A
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BACKGROUND – Govind Makthappa Karjol (1951), is an Indian politician who is the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation, Water Resources of Karnataka. He is a five-term member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mudhol constituency. He was also the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 25 May 2018 to 26 July 2019. And he is also serving as the Deputy Leader of the house in Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2019.
Govind Karjol was born to Makthappa at Bagalkot district, Karnataka.
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CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD – 2006 – Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs.
2008 – Minister of Planning and Statistics Department, Kannada and Culture, Minor Irrigation from Water Resources Department.
2018 – He was the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
2019 – He is the Deputy Chief Minister as well as Minister of Public Works Department and Social Welfare in Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
2021 – Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation, Water Resources of Karnataka.
He is also a Karnataka State Vice-President of BJP.
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