Published On: November 11, 2021 at 12:30 IST
Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka
NAME – Munirathna Naidu
PROFESSION – Politician
BORN – 23/07/1964
PLACE OF BIRTH – Karnataka
FATHER’S NAME – Subramanya Naidu
MOTHER’S NAME – N/A
SPOUSE – Manjula
SIBLINGS – 1
CHILDREN – 1
EDUCATION – 10th pass.
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE – N/A
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT – N/A
AWARDS – N/A
BACKGROUND – Munirathna is an Indian film producer-turned-politician from Karnataka and an MLA of Karnataka from Rajarajeshwari Nagar.
MAJOR INITIATIVES – N/A
CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –2013 – Elected as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari constituency as an INC candidate.
2018 – Re-elected as as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari constituency as an INC candidate.
2019 – Resigned INC and also from Assembly and joined BJP.
2020 – Elected as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari constituency as a BJP candidate.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES – In 2014, Lokayukta police recovered 1016 BBMP files related to Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency from Munirathna’s house.
In 2018, Munirathna was named in a ₹1500 crore BBMP fake bill chargesheet by the Crime Investigation Department. In the chargesheet, Munirathna, who was working as a civil contractor in 2008–09, was found conspiring with BBMP officials and swindling [money] by executing poor quality road work.
Days before the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in 2018, Bangalore Police filed a criminal case against Munirathna after the Election Commission found around 10,000 fake voter ID cards in an apartment in Jalahalli. As a result, the election in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency was postponed, with Munirathna emerging victorious.
In 2021, he is accused of diverting government hospital vaccines to his private office.