Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle (born 20 November 1969, nee Shashikala Haradare), is an Indian social worker and politician. On 20 August 2019 she was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government led by B.S. Yediyurappa.

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for the Nippani constituency, she is leader of the

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. Shashikala was elected to 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 2013 election from Nippani constituency with 81,860 votes. She was re-elected from Nippani in the

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s polling 87,006 votes. On 20 August 2019 she was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government led by B.S. Yediyurappa. Shashikala defeated Kaka Sao Patil of Congress Party and Ishwar Kamath of BSP. Shashikala Jolle and her husband Annasaheb Jolle, both contested on BJP tickets from

Nippani Nipani is a third largest city, taluk in the Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is an important agricultural and commercial trade centre in the district. Nipani and its surrounding villages are known for growing high-quali ...

and Chikkodi-Sadalga constituencies respectively. However,

Annasaheb Jolle Annasaheb Shankar Jolle (born 1963) is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Chikkodi. Annasaheb Jolle and his wife Shashikala Jolle both contested on BJP tickets from Chikkodi-Sadalga and Nippani ...

lost to Ganesh Hukkeri for the second time whereas Shashikala Jolle emerged victoriously.

later won Chikkodi

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seat in

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