Eshwar Bheemanna Khandre (born 15 January 1962) is an Indian politician serving as the Working President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, since 4 July 2018. He is a 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 Bhalki constituency since 25 May 2008. He was the Minister of Municipal Administration & Public Enterprises of Karnataka from 2016 to 2018 in the Siddaramaiah ministry. He was the Minister in Charge of the Bidar district.

Personal life

Khandre was born on 15 January 1962 to former minister Bheemanna Khandre and Laxmibai in

Bhalki Bhalki is a town in Bidar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. History First mention of the town was made as "Bhallunke" in the vachanas of 12th century sharanas. The sharana Kumbara Gundaiah was from Bhalki who was part of Bhakthi moveme ...

. He received a bachelor of engineering degree in 1985 from Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering, Gulbarga,

Gulbarga University GUlbarga University is a public university located in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India. The university is recognized by University Grants Commission and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In 2016, Gulbarga universi ...

. He is the third member of the Khandre family to be elected to the

from the district. His brother is

Vijaykumar Khandre , birth_place =Bhalki , residence = , death_date = , death_place =Hyderabad , office1 = MLA of Bhalki , constituency1 = , salary1 = , term_start1 = 1989 , term_end1 = 1999 , predeces ...

who also represented the constituency two times. Khandre is the chairman of Shantivardhak Education Society. He is an agriculturalist by profession and does social service.

Constituency

He represents the

constituency.

Political career

Khandre is a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

and KPCC working President of Karnataka State. In 2008, Khandre defeated BJP candidate Prakash Khandre by a margin of 20,971 votes. In the 2004 election, he was defeated by the BJP candidate.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khandre, Eshwar 1962 births People from Yadgir district Living people Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka