Bandeppa Manikappa Kashempur (born 15 June 1964) is an Indian politician who served as the Co-operation minister in the Second Kumaraswamy ministry (8 June 2018 – 23 July 2019). He is the current Member of the

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses ar ...

from the Bidar South constituency. He also served as Minister for Agriculture from 3 February 2006 to 9 October 2007 in

First Kumaraswamy ministry H. D. Kumaraswamy ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka, a state in South India headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy that was formed after the Dharam Singh ministry fell short of majority. In the Government of Karnataka, government headed b ...

(JDS-BJP Coalition government headed by

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

). He is a member of

Janata Dal (Secular) The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the ...

Party and hails from

Kuruba Kuruba is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka. Traditionally, they were agriculturalists and cattle farmers. The origins of kuruba i ...

community.

Positions held

* Agriculture Minister of Karnataka (3 February 2006 – 9 October 2007) * Member of Legislative Assembly for

Bidar Bidar (/ biːd̪ər/) is a city in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India. It is the headquarters of Bidar district, which borders Maharashtra and Telangana. It is a rapidly urbanising city in the wider ''Bidar Metropolitan area ...

(2004-2007) *Member of Legislative Assembly for Bidar South (2008-2013, 2018-Present) * Co-operation Minister of Karnataka (8 June 2018 – 23 July 2019)

References

1964 births Janata Dal (Secular) politicians Living people People from Bidar State cabinet ministers of Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007 Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 {{Karnataka-politician-stub