Pramod Malpe Madhwaraj is an

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politician and a member of the

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from the state of

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. In June 2016 Madhwaraj was inducted into the

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led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister with Independent Charge. Madhwaraj holds the Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Fisheries Department portfolio in the

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. He is the 10th richest minister in Karnataka to be sworn into the Karnataka Cabinet. Madhwaraj was born in

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Family

Pramod Madhwaraj is married to Supriya Madhwaraj and they have a daughter. He is the son of former Congress Minister Manorama Madhwaraj.

Political life

Madhwaraj is from 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 ...

. He had represented

Udupi Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. ...

Assembly Constituency of

Udupi district Udupi district (also Udipi or Odipu in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara coastal region, there are seven taluks, ...

, Karnataka from 2013 to 2018. Pramod Madhwaraj unsuccessfully fought the 2008

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election on an

ticket losing to K. Raghupati Bhat of the

by about 2500 votes. However, in the following 2013

election Madhwaraj won the seat defeating B. Sudhakar Shetty of the

by over 39000 votes. In the 2018

election, Madhwaraj lost to K. Raghupati Bhat of the

by about 2000 votes and a margin of 5%. Madhwaraj was educated in

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College is arts, commerce and science college located in the town of Udupi, Karnataka, India. MGM College is run by the Academy of General Education, Manipal. The college also emphasizes on Sports and other Extra-curricul ...

and

National Institute of Technology, Karnataka National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal, formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public technical university at Surathkal, Mangalore. It was founded in 1960 as KREC while to ...

. He completed his primary education at St. Cecily's Convent, Udupi and Christian High School Udupi. Pramod Madhwaraj is the managing Trustee of M Madhwaraj Charitable Trust which is named after his late father M. Madhwaraj. The trust is very popular among the poor and helps a lot of poor people to make their ends meet. He joined the JD(S) ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections but campaigned for Congress president Rahul Gandhi as his party was in alliance with the Congress. He contested unsuccessfully from the Udupi-Chikmangalur Lok Sabha Constituency against

Shobha Karandlaje Shobha Karandlaje (born 23 October 1966) is an Indian BJP politician from Karnataka who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in the Second Modi ministry. She is also the Vice President of Bharatiya ...

of the BJP and lost by a margin of 28% or over 350000 votes.

Departure from the Congress

On 7 May 2022, Pramod Madhwaraj resigned from the Congress party, expressing "political suffocation" in the Udupi district Congress. 2 days later, he joined the rival BJP.

Ministry

Besides holding the Youth Services Department, Fisheries from Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department portfolio Madhwaraj also serves as the District In-Charge Minister for

. As the Fisheries minister Madhwaraj has tried to regulate fishing in coastal areas due to the depletion of aquatic animals on account of over fishing.

External links

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madhwaraj, Pramod Living people Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka 1968 births People from Udupi district