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class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />20 May 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thawar_Chand_Gehlot" title="Thawar Chand Gehlot">Thawar Chand Gehlot</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/D._K._Shivakumar" title="D. K. Shivakumar">D. K. Shivakumar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Basavaraj_Bommai" title="Basavaraj Bommai">Basavaraj Bommai</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 May 2013 – 17 May 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/H._R._Bhardwaj" title="H. R. Bhardwaj">H. R. Bhardwaj</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Konijeti_Rosaiah" title="Konijeti Rosaiah">Konijeti Rosaiah</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vajubhai_Vala" title="Vajubhai Vala">Vajubhai Vala</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B._S._Yediyurappa" title="B. S. Yediyurappa">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Legislative Assembly (India)">Member of the</a> <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />13 May 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yathindra_Siddaramaiah" title="Yathindra Siddaramaiah">Yathindra Siddaramaiah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 May 2018 – 13 May 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B_B_Chimmanakatti" class="mw-redirect" title="B B Chimmanakatti">B B Chimmanakatti</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Bhimsen Chimmanakatti</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Badami_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Badami</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2008–2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yathindra_Siddaramaiah" title="Yathindra Siddaramaiah">Yathindra Siddaramaiah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2004–2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">A. S. Guruswamy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">M. Satyanarayana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1994–2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">M. Rajasekara Murthy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">A. S. Guruswamy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1983–1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">D. Jayadevaraja Urs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">M. Rajasekara Murthy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka">Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 May 2004 – 5 August 2005<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dharam_Singh" title="Dharam Singh">Dharam Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Himself</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._P._Prakash" title="M. P. Prakash">M. P. Prakash</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 1996 – 22 July 1999<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._H._Patel" title="J. H. Patel">J. H. Patel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J._H._Patel" title="J. H. Patel">J. H. Patel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Himself</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="List of leaders of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Leader of the Opposition,<br />Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 October 2019 – 20 May 2023<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B._S._Yediyurappa" title="B. S. Yediyurappa">B. S. Yediyurappa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._Ashoka" title="R. Ashoka">R. Ashoka</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 June 2009 – 12 May 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H._D._Kumaraswamy" title="H. D. Kumaraswamy">H. D. Kumaraswamy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-08-03</span>) </span>3 August 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Varuna,_Mysore" title="Varuna, Mysore">Siddaramana Hundi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Kingdom of Mysore</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> (present–day <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2006–present)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1999–2005)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1988–1999)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–1988)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lok Dal">Lok Dal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1983–1984)</span></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Parvathi Siddaramaiah</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2; including <a href="/wiki/Yathindra_Siddaramaiah" title="Yathindra Siddaramaiah">Yathindra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Anugraha" title="Anugraha">Anugraha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuvaraja%27s_College,_Mysore" title="Yuvaraja's College, Mysore">Yuvaraja's College, Mysore</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.Sc</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarada_Vilas_College" title="Sarada Vilas College">Sarada Vilas College</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a>)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Siddaramaiah</b> (born 3 August 1947),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also referred to by his nickname <b>Siddu</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Karnataka" title="List of chief ministers of Karnataka">chief minister of Karnataka</a> from 20 May 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018, being only the second person in the history of Karnataka state to hold that office for a full five-year term after <a href="/wiki/D._Devaraj_Urs" title="D. Devaraj Urs">D. Devaraj Urs</a>. </p><p>He belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and is presently the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee">Congress Legislative Party</a>. He represented the <a href="/wiki/Varuna_Assembly_constituency" title="Varuna Assembly constituency">Varuna Assembly constituency</a> from 2023, previously from 2008 to 2018, <a href="/wiki/Badami_Assembly_constituency" title="Badami Assembly constituency">Badami Assembly constituency</a> from 2018 to 2023, and <a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_Assembly_constituency" title="Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency">Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency</a> from 2004 to 2007, 1994 to 1999, and from 1983 to 1989 in the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a>. He served as the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka">deputy chief minister of Karnataka</a> from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a>. </p><p>He also served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly">leader of the opposition</a> in the Karnataka <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> on two occasions, from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Siddaramaiah was a member of various <a href="/wiki/Janata_Parivar" title="Janata Parivar">Janata Parivar</a> factions for several years.<sup id="cite_ref-dna_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dna-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bs_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bs-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_&_career"><span id="Early_life_.26_career"></span>Early life & career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life & career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Siddaramaiah was born to Siddarame Gowda and Boramma at a remote village called Siddaramanahundi in Varuna Hobli near T. Narasipura of <a href="/wiki/Mysore_district" title="Mysore district">Mysore district</a> in a farming family.<sup id="cite_ref-headstrong_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-headstrong-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the fourth among six siblings, and he belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Kuruba" title="Kuruba">Kuruba Gowda</a> community.<sup id="cite_ref-bennur_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bennur-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Siddaramaiah studied at Mount Carmel School and completed his schooling from Vidyavardhaka High School, which is managed by <a href="/wiki/Vidyavardhaka_Sangha_Mysuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidyavardhaka Sangha Mysuru">Vidyavardhaka Sangha (VVS)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysuru">Mysuru</a>. He then went on to do his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B. Sc</a>. and <a href="/wiki/LL.B" class="mw-redirect" title="LL.B">LL.B</a>. from <a href="/wiki/Mysore_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysore University">Mysore University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Siddaramaiah was a junior under a well-renowned lawyer, P M Chikkaboraiah, in Mysore and later taught law for some time at Vidyavardhaka Law College<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> managed by <a href="/wiki/Vidyavardhaka_Sangha(VVS)_Mysuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidyavardhaka Sangha(VVS) Mysuru">Vidyavardhaka Sangha (VVS)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysuru">Mysuru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Siddaramaiah is <a href="/wiki/Mononymous_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Mononymous person">mononymous</a>. Siddaramaiah is married to Parvathi and had two sons. His elder son, Rakesh, who was seen as his father's heir in politics, died of multiple organ failure in 2016 at the age of 38.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His other son, <a href="/wiki/Yathindra_Siddaramaiah" title="Yathindra Siddaramaiah">Yathindra</a>, contested the 2018 Legislative Assembly elections and won from the seat of <a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a> in Mysuru, formerly his father's seat, by over 45,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Siddaramaiah has stated on record that he is an atheist,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he has more recently clarified his public stance on the subject: "Word has spread that I am an atheist, which I am not. I am spiritual -- I have participated in festivities as child. I have visited some of the popular pilgrimage centres. But I am definitely against superstition, as I view everything from a scientific point of view".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Siddaramaiah's political career began when Nanjunda Swamy, a lawyer in <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Lok_Dal" title="Bharatiya Lok Dal">Bharatiya Lok Dal</a> ticket from <a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari constituency</a> and entered the 7th <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> in 1983. This was a surprise victory for all and it earned him a name and fame in the Old Mysore region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Later he joined the ruling <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> and became the first president of the Kannada Surveillance Committee (Kannada Kavalu Samiti), set up to supervise the implementation of <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Hegde" title="Ramakrishna Hegde">Ramakrishna Hegde</a>'s government, he handled diverse portfolios such as Sericulture, Animal Husbandry and Transport at different stages.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He first suffered defeat in the 1989 Assembly elections, beaten by a veteran Congress leader, <a href="/wiki/M._Rajasekara_Murthy" title="M. Rajasekara Murthy">M. Rajasekara Murthy</a>. Later in 1992, he was appointed Secretary General of <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a>, which <a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/J._H._Patel" title="J. H. Patel">J. H. Patel</a> became Chief Minister in 1996. He was sacked as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka">Deputy Chief Minister</a> and dropped from the Cabinet on 22 July 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the split in the Janata Dal, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> faction of Deve Gowda and became the president of its state unit. However, he lost in the 1999 state elections. In 2004, when the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and JD (S) formed a coalition government with <a href="/wiki/Dharam_Singh" title="Dharam Singh">Dharam Singh</a> as Chief Minister, he was again appointed Deputy Chief Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-toi_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He addressed ahinda samavesha in Hubballi, which had the huge public gathering. He even challenged Reddy brothers in the house when he was the leader of the opposition that he would come to Bellary through padayatra. It garnered attention of whole state and eventually Siddaramaiah came to power in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Siddaramaiah celebrated his 75th birthday on 3 August 2022 in <a href="/wiki/Davanagere" title="Davanagere">Davanagere</a> and called it "Siddaramotsava", where more than 20 lakh followers of Siddaramaiah had attended the program.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_National_Congress">Indian National Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Indian National Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, after differences with H. D. Deve Gowda, Siddaramaiah was expelled from JD (S). He wanted to revive a regional party "ABPJD" in the state after quitting the JD (S), but he did not because regional parties formed earlier in Karnataka had not survived.<sup id="cite_ref-IANS_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IANS-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently garnered mass support from the backward classes and joined the Congress at a large public meeting held in Bangalore, in <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a>'s presence. He won the <a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a> bypolls held in December 2006, by a margin of 257 votes against M. Shivabasappa of JD (S), despite a fierce campaign against him by Deve Gowda, Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/H._D._Kumaraswamy" title="H. D. Kumaraswamy">Kumaraswamy</a> and Deputy Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Yeddyurappa" class="mw-redirect" title="Yeddyurappa">Yeddyurappa</a> in the constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-toi_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2008 state Assembly elections, he contested from <a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a> Constituency and was re-elected for the fifth time.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He won the 2013 election from the same constituency (<a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a>) on 8 May 2013 and was reelected for the 7th time. He was elected as the leader of the Congress legislative party in the Karnataka assembly on 10 May 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ht_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ht-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had previously announced that the 2013 Assembly election would be his last election,<sup id="cite_ref-hindu_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election</a>, he left his safe <a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a> seat for his son, and he himself went on to contest from two constituencies, i.e. <a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Badami_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Badami</a>, and faced stiff competition against <a href="/wiki/GT_Devegowda" class="mw-redirect" title="GT Devegowda">GT Devegowda</a> of JD (S) and <a href="/wiki/B._Sriramulu" title="B. Sriramulu">B. Sriramulu</a> of BJP respectively, both of which were new constituencies for him. He lost in <a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a>, but won in <a href="/wiki/Badami_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Badami vidhan sabha seat</a> beating BJP heavyweight Sriramulu with a narrow margin of 1,696 votes and he was reelected for the 8th time. Congress under his leadership then supported the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> in forming the government in 2018 to keep <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> out of power. He was the chairman of coordination committee that coordinated the congress-JDS coalition govt under <a href="/wiki/H._D._Kumaraswamy" title="H. D. Kumaraswamy">H. D Kumarswamy</a>. 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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The by-polls were held on 5 December 2019 for the 15 assembly seats. Though Siddaramaiah expressed his confidence in winning 12 out of the 15 contested seats, Congress managed to win only 2 seats and the JDS winning none of it.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was a major setback for his leadership and differences arose among his own party members questioning his leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus Siddaramaiah resigned as the Leader of the CLP and the Leader of opposition of the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> on 9 December.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2023 Karnataka legislative assembly election, Siddaramaiah contested from Varuna constituency and won. This makes his 9th election win. He was sworn in as Chief minister for the second time.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chief Minister of Karnataka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_term_(2013–2018)"><span id="First_term_.282013.E2.80.932018.29"></span>First term (2013–2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First term (2013–2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siddaramaiah.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Siddaramaiah.jpg/220px-Siddaramaiah.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Siddaramaiah.jpg/330px-Siddaramaiah.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Siddaramaiah.jpg/440px-Siddaramaiah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2249" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Siddaramaiah in 2013</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka,_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka%2C_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04%2C_2014.jpg/220px-The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka%2C_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka%2C_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04%2C_2014.jpg/330px-The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka%2C_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka%2C_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04%2C_2014.jpg/440px-The_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka%2C_Shri_Siddaramaiah_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_June_04%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1965" /></a><figcaption>Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah calling on the Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Siddaramaiah was elected as Chief Minister after Congress adopted a secret ballot to select the new chief minister.<sup id="cite_ref-secret_ballot_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secret_ballot-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnn-ibn_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-ibn-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> to victory by achieving an absolute majority of 122/224 seats in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2013 Legislative Assembly election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 May 2018, he resigned from his position of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka">Chief minister of Karnataka</a>, respecting the verdict of the <a href="/wiki/2018_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/D._Devaraj_Urs" title="D. Devaraj Urs">Devaraj Urs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also holds the record of presenting state budget 13 times as a finance minister in <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government of Karnataka</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_term_(2023–present)"><span id="Second_term_.282023.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Second term (2023–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second term (2023–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the Congress emerged victorious in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2023 legislative assembly election</a>, Siddaramaiah was again elected Chief Minister, and <a href="/wiki/D._K._Shivakumar" title="D. K. Shivakumar">D. K. Shivakumar</a> was appointed his deputy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the first cabinet meet, Siddaramaiah announced that all "5 guarantees" announced in the party's manifesto had been approved and would be brought into effect in the following cabinet meet.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also insisted that the officers roll back his "zero-traffic" protocol to avoid traffic congestion problems for the public.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Second_Siddaramaiah_ministry" title="Second Siddaramaiah ministry">council of ministers</a> was named the following week and was reported that he would hold finance, cabinet affairs and all unallocated portfolios.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His cabinet approved reverting changes by the previous BJP government in school textbooks, which included removing lessons on RSS founder <a href="/wiki/K._B._Hedgewar" title="K. B. Hedgewar">K. B. Hedgewar</a> and Hindutva figure <a href="/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar" title="Vinayak Damodar Savarkar">Vinayak Damodar Savarkar</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> launched a scheme providing free bus rides to women in the Karnataka state buses<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and announced implementation of other four pre-poll guarantees in the state budget. </p><p>In July 2023, he tabled the state budget for the record 14th time in state's history. He increased taxes on <a href="/wiki/Liquor" title="Liquor">liquor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beer" title="Beer">beer</a>, stamp duty and registration of properties, and certain vehicle categories to fund the above-mentioned schemes.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024 his cabinet approved a bill to reserve 50% to 75% jobs to native Kannada speakers, and 100% reservation for Group C and D employees in private and IT sectors. This idea received large opposition from people like Mohandas Pia, Kiran Mazumdar and others and hence the passing of the bill was postponed.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Challenges">Challenges</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Challenges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2023, the state witnessed series of killings which included an on-duty police constable crushed to death by a sand mafia truck,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jain monk Nandhi Maharaj from <a href="/wiki/Belgaum" title="Belgaum">Belgaum</a>, a worker named Venugopal in <a href="/wiki/Thirumakudalu_Narasipura" title="Thirumakudalu Narasipura">T. Narasipur</a> and a double murder of CEO and MD of a company in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to criticism of law and order situation within the state.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024, his cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/B._Nagendra" title="B. Nagendra">B. Nagendra</a> was accused of money transfers of around ₹187 crores into various bank accounts from the SC-ST Valmiki funds, in a suicide victim's death note.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With these accusations prevailing the minister was asked to step down, and the <a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a> instigated the investigation taking him into custody.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Siddaramaiah too agreed upon the illegal transactions on the floor of the house, but stated that it was ₹89 crores and not ₹187 crores.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="MUDA_Scam">MUDA Scam</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: MUDA Scam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2024, a social worker named T J Abraham filed a complaint to the governor against chief minister Siddaramaiah, accusing of "misuse of power" to influence "Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA)" to allot 14 site plots in Mysore to his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to a wide row and the opposition parties demanded his resignation by conducting a march from Bangalore to Mysore.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further on 17 August the governor <a href="/wiki/Thawar_Chand_Gehlot" title="Thawar Chand Gehlot">Thawar Chand gehlot</a> issued a prosecution notice against the chief minister to proceed investigations, based on these alleged irregularities.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further Siddaramaiah lodged a petition questioning the Governor's prosecution, stating that it is unconstitutional and the governor has not applied any mental ability before issuing the notice. On 24 September the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_High_Court" title="Karnataka High Court">High Court of Karnataka</a> issued its judgement dismissing the petition, and stated that the "<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Governor</a> has the provision to use independent decisions in such exceptional cases, and has used abundant application of mind, while the case would undoubtedly require investigation since the beneficiary is the family of the petitioner Siddaramaiah".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The very next day on 25 September, the Special Court of Representatives ordered a detailed investigation of the case filed against the chief minister and transferred it to the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Lokayukta" title="Karnataka Lokayukta">Karnataka Lokayukta</a> Mysore division, with a deadline to submit the investigation report within 3 months.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corruption_allegations_and_controversies">Corruption allegations and controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Corruption allegations and controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Lokayukta" title="Karnataka Lokayukta">Karnataka Lokayukta</a> has filed 61 corruption cases, out of which 11 were disposed of as of 2019. Siddaramaiah has 50 cases pending against him in the Lokayukta.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Sl.No </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Election </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Vote share </th> <th>Margin </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">1983</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_Assembly_constituency" title="Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency">Chamundeshwari</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00FF66;" data-sort-value="Lok Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lok Dal">Lok Dal</a> </td> <td>26,614 </td> <td>43.33% </td> <td>3,504 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">1985</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1F75FE;" data-sort-value="Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td>33,725 </td> <td>43.45% </td> <td>8,271 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">1989</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2E8B57;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>36,483 </td> <td>36.27% </td> <td>6,409 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koppal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Koppal Lok Sabha constituency">Koppal</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2E8B57;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>2,29,979 </td> <td>41.96% </td> <td>11,197 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">1994</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2E8B57;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>76,823 </td> <td>54.46% </td> <td>32,155 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">1999</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02865A;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (Secular)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>50,907 </td> <td>30.66% </td> <td>6,200 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari_71-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2004</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02865A;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (Secular)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>90,727 </td> <td>43.43% </td> <td>32,345 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari_71-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Chamundeshwari-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td>2006 <br /> <small>(by election)</small> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>1,15,512 </td> <td>47.24% </td> <td>256 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2008</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Varuna_Assembly_constituency" title="Varuna Assembly constituency">Varuna</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>71,908 </td> <td>50.23% </td> <td>18,837 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Varuna_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Varuna-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2013</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Varuna </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>84,385 </td> <td>52.53% </td> <td>29,641 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-resultuniversity.com_Varuna_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resultuniversity.com_Varuna-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2018</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Chamundeshwari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>85,283 </td> <td>37.69% </td> <td>36,042 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2018</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badami_Assembly_constituency" title="Badami Assembly constituency">Badami</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>67,599 </td> <td>41.24% </td> <td>1,696 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election">2023</a> </td> <td>Karnataka Legislative Assembly </td> <td>Varuna </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>1,19,430 </td> <td>60.09%<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10219.htm?ac=219">[1]</a> </td> <td>46,006 </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Sl no.</th> <th>Term of office</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#2E8B57;">1.</td> <td>16 May 1996 – 22 July 1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka">Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#02865A;">2.</td> <td>28 May 2004 – 5 August 2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka">Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#00BFFF;">3.</td> <td>13 May 2013 – 17 May 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#00BFFF;">4.</td> <td>20 May 2023 – present</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_positions_held">Other positions held</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Minister for Finance, Karnataka (1994)</li> <li>Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (1985)</li> <li>Minister for Sericulture and Animal Husbandry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Transport">Minister for Transport</a></li> <li>Minister for Higher Education</li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Congress_Working_Committee" title="Congress Working Committee">Congress Working Committee</a></li> <li>He has represented <a href="/wiki/Chamundeshwari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chamundeshwari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Varuna_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Varuna</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Badami_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Badami</a> Vidhan Sabha seats at various points of his career so far.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siddaramaiah&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siddaramaiah_ministry_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Siddaramaiah ministry (disambiguation)">Siddaramaiah ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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