The Badavara Shramikara Raithara (BSR) Congress was a political party based in

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state. It was founded in 2011 by

B. Sriramulu Ballari Sriramulu (born 8 August 1971) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Transport Department and Tribal Welfare of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He was the Minister of Social Welfare Department of Karnataka from 1 ...

, a former minister in the Karnataka State Government. In the

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s, the party won 4 out of the 150 seats it had contested and secured about 2.7% of the total votes cast. However, prior to the

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in 2014, the party's founding leader

rejoined the

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