Published On: October 25, 2021 at 19:00 IST
Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Department of Government of Karnataka
NAME – Veeranna Somanna
PROFESSION – Politician
BORN – 20/07/1950
PLACE OF BIRTH – Karnataka
FATHER’S NAME – Veeranna Major
MOTHER’S NAME – N/A
SPOUSE – Shylaja
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – N/A
EDUCATION – BA
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE – housing.karnataka.gov.in
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- N/A
AWARDS – N/A
BACKGROUND – Veeranna Somanna is Minister of Housing Department of Karnataka.
He was born in Karnataka. He completed his graduation from V.V Puram Evening College, Vishweshwarapuram. He is an MLA from Govindraj Nagara constituency.
MAJOR INITIATIVES – Development of 98 new residential layouts across the state. A total of 1.13 lakh sites and 3960 houses will be developed.
CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –
1983-1987 – He was elected to Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.
1994 – Won Vidhan Sabha election from Binnypet constituency on Janta Dal ticket and became an MLA.
1996 – Became Minister for Prisons and Bangalore Urban Development.
1999 – Re-elected from Binnypet constituency as an independent candidate.
2004 – Re-elected for the third time on Congress ticket.
2008 – Became MLA from Govindraj Nagara constituency on Congress ticket.
2010 – 2018 – He was Member of Karnataka Legislative Council.
2018- Present – Became MLA from Govindraj Nagara constituency on BJP ticket.
2019-2020 – He was Minister of Horticulture and Sericulture.
2019- Present – Sworn is as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Department.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES – One criminal case dated on January 2, 2017 (IPC Section Applicable 406, 409, 420, 463, 464, 468, 471, 120B, 34)