Laxman Sangappa Savadi (16 February 1960) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from 17 February 2020. He served as the 8th

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka The Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka is a member of the Cabinet in the Government of Karnataka. Not technically a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy Chief minister usually also holds a key cabinet portfolio ...

and Minister of Transport of Karnataka, from 20 August 2019 to 28 July 2021, in the Fourth BS Yediyurappa ministry. He was Deputy Leader of the House in

Karnataka Legislative Council The Karnataka Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in South Western India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the Leg ...

. He had served as the Minister for Cooperation in the Second B.S.Yeddurappa Ministry and D. V. Sadananda Gowda Government. He was elected to the legislative assembly from Athani constituency in 2004, 2008 and 2013 as a BJP candidate. On 20 August 2019 he was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa. On 17 February 2020 he was elected as an MLC by securing 113 votes out of the 120 votes polled. He resigned as a Minister on 8 February 2012 during the Karnataka video clip controversy.

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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Living people State cabinet ministers of Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Deputy Chief Ministers of Karnataka 1960 births {{Karnataka-BJP-politician-stub