Dinesh Gundu Rao

Dinesh Gundu Rao
MLA
President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
04 July 2018
Preceded by G. Parameshwara
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
In office
20 May 2013 – 21 June 2016
Preceded by D. N. Jeevaraj
Succeeded by U. T. Khader
Personal details
Born (1969-10-09) 9 October 1969
Coorg, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Residence Bangalore
As of October, 2015

Dinesh Gundu Rao (born 9 October 1969) is an Indian politician working for the Indian National Congress (INC) as President in Karnataka.[1]

Personal life

He was born in Kushal Nagar, Coorg. He is the second of the three sons of former Chief Minister of Karnataka, R. Gundu Rao.[2]

Gundu Rao attended Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore. He completed a B.E in Electronics and Communications from B.M.S. College of Engineering in 1992.[3]

He is married and has two children, living in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Career

Gundu Rao was the Congress candidate for Assembly Constituency (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike District) in the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Elections. The count of total votes polled for this election was 61212. Out of these, Dinesh Gundurao of Congress secured 40797 votes to win the seat, defeating the nearest rival Nagaraj V of JD (S) by a margin of 28268 votes.

He was president of the Karnataka Youth Congress, and is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[4] He is a four time winner in the Karnataka elections.[5] Dinesh Gundu Rao was minister of state for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs in the government of Karnataka, and he is currently President of the KPCC.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.politicalworld.in/karnataka-mla-img/DINESHGUNDURAO/index.html
  2. ↑ "Here, it's advantage Dinesh Gundurao". Deccan Chronicle. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  3. ↑ "Profile". www.bangalorewaves.com. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Chaos in House,near-fight outside". The Times of India. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Prabhu, Nagesh (2018-04-28). "Bengaluru has become more aspirational: Dinesh Gundu Rao". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  6. ↑ "Dinesh Gundu Rao, Gandhinagar constituency Karnataka election results 2018: Congress retains seat". The Financial Express. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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