Yagati Suryanarayana Venkatesha Datta (born 24 June 1954) is an Indian politician and former member of

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from the

Kadur Kaduru, also known as Kadur, is a town and a Taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, in Karnataka. It is located at . located in the rain shadow region of western ghats, most of the taluk is dry unlike much of the district. Kadur is known for Areca ...

seat in 2013 on the

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ticket. Later on 14 January 2023, Datta who had earlier joined INC, reverted to JD(S) on April 13, 2023, in the presence of HD Revanna anda MP Prajwal Revanna. His return was, however, opposed by HD Kumarswamy, who left the matter to Revanna.

Early life and education

Y. Datta was born in Yagati,

''taluk'',

Chikmagalur district Chikmagalur, officially Chikkamagaluru is an administrative district in the Malnad subregion of Karnataka, India. Coffee was first cultivated in India in Chikmagalur. The hills of Chikmagalur are parts of the Western Ghauts and the source of ...

. He completed a

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From National College Basavanagudi in Bangalore in 1973. Before entering politics, he taught mathematics to SSLC, PUC, B.Sc. and engineering students through his tutorial in Bengaluru's Rajajinagar.
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Political career

References

1954 births Living people Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 {{Karnataka-JDS-politician-stub Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) politicians