Ramesh Jarkiholi

Ramesh Jarkiholi (b 1960) is a Minister of Water Resources in the Government of Karnataka And Belgaum District Incharge Minister lead by B.S.Yediyurappa & Member of the BJP from the state of Karnataka. He served as the Minister for Municipal Administration in the Government of Karnataka lead by H. D. Kumaraswamy.[1][2]

Ramesh Jarkiholi
Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation from Water resources department
Government of Karnataka
Assumed office
6 February 2020
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byD. K. Shivakumar
INC
Minister of Municipal Administration
Government of Karnataka
In office
June 2018 – December 2018
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Minister of Small Scale Industries
Government of Karnataka
In office
June 2016 – May 2018
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
December 2019
Preceded byNayak Chandrashekhar
ConstituencyGokak
In office
1999–2019
Personal details
Born (1960-05-01) 1 May 1960
Belgaum
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata party
(2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(Until 2019)
RelativesSatish Jarkiholi (brother)
EducationBachelor of Arts
OccupationPolitician

Jarkiholi is a six-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. In June 2016 Jarkiholi was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister. He held the Small Scale Industries Ministry portfolio in the Government of Karnataka. He was disqualified from the assembly as per the Anti Defection Law in 2019, but was re-elected to the assembly on a BJP ticket on 9 December 2019. [3][4][5]

Early life

He was born in Belgaum in 1960 to rags-to-riches Businessman Laxmanrao Jarkiholi. He is from Valmiki community designated as an Other Backward Class in India's reservation system. . His 4 siblings are all also in Politics, 3 with Congress and 2 with BJP.[6]

Political career

Jarkiholi was from the Indian National Congress and represented Gokak Assembly Constituency of Belgaum, Karnataka. The constituency has been ruled by the Jarkiholi family for over 15 years. Three members of the Jarkiholi family, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Balachandra Jarkoholi and Satish Jarkiholi contest from Gokak, Arabhavi and Yamakanamaradi Assembly constituencies respectively from different Political parties. Ramesh Jarkiholi's brother Satish Jarkiholi is a current member of the Karnataka Legislative Council representing the Yemkanamardi constituency in Belgaum District.[7][8][9] Ramesh Jarkiholi was first elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1999 by beating Naik Chandrashekhar Sadashiva of the Janata Dal (United) by over 55,000 votes. In the 2004 elections he won the seat against Muttennavar Mallappa Laxman of the Bharatiya Janata Party by over 15,000 votes. In the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections he beat the Janata Dal candidate Ashok Ningayya Pujari by over 7,000 votes. Jarkiholi was a sitting member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly as he retained his Gokak Assembly by beating Ashok Ningayya Pujari of the Janata Dal (Secular) by over 28,000 votes.[10]

Ministry

Besides holding the Small Scale Industries Ministry portfolio Jarkiholi was also the Belgaum District Guardian Minister in-charge of the District. As the Guardian Minister in-charge of the District Jarkiholi took up causes of poor patients and instructed health department officials to initiate action against private hospitals who fail to display their charges as per the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act for their hospital services.[11]

Controversies

Operation Kamala
Main articles: Operation Kamala and Operation Kamala in Karnataka

“Operation Kamala” (hybrid word from the English Operation and the Kannada Kamala meaning "Lotus" an Election symbol of BJP.) was a term coined in 2008, when the BJP was three seats short of majority to form the government in Karnataka under B. S. Yeddyurappa. Former minister and minelord G. Janardhana Reddy worked out a method to circumvent the Anti-Defection Law and secured the support of legislators needed to take BJP past the majority mark. Opposition parties alleged that the BJP is now expanding Operation Kamala nationwide, while BJP continues to deny this allegation.[12][13]

In October 2018, Jarkiholi convinced other MLAs from Belagavi to rebel against Congress. He was angry at being dropped from Ministry and having Troubleshooter DK Shivakumar influencing Belagavi Politics, because DKS got Jarkiholi's rival Lakshmi Hebbalkar elected MLA from Ballari and President of KPCC Women's Wing. He organized 14 other Congress MLAs to resign their Posts.[14]

He was one of the 15 MLAs from Congress and 2 from JD(S) who fell for Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, bringing down the HDK Congress-JD(S) coalition and allowing BSY to return to Power.[15] After Supreme Court ruling held up their disqualification but allowed them to run, Jarkiholi joined BJP along with all other rebels inducted by Sri B.S. Yeddyurappa and other important persons. He was given BJP ticket for By Poll for his Gokak seat.[16] He then handily defeated his challengers in By Polls in December, beating his nearest rival, his brother Lakhan contesting as a Congress candidate, by almost 30,000 votes.

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References
  1. "Ramesh Jarkiholi sworn in as minister". All About Belgaum. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. "Nobody can sideline me in Congress: Ramesh Jarkiholi". Deccan Chronicle. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. "Ramesh Jarkiholi replaces brother". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 20 June 2016.
  4. "My agenda is to demolish BJP's fortress says Ramesh Jarkiholi". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 22 June 2016.
  5. "Congress tries to woo Jarkiholi". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.
  6. "Who are the Jarkiholi brothers?". Deccan Herald. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. "Brothers cross swords in Belgaum". Hindustan Times. 14 May 2008.
  8. "Jarkiholi to take on Kattis in Belgaum". deccanchronicle.com.
  9. "Jarkiholi brothers rule the roost in Belagavi". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  10. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Gokak Assembly Constituency". elections.in.
  11. "Act against hospitals not displaying rate: Jarkiholi". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  12. Aji, Sowmya (16 May 2018). "After falling short of numbers, BJP revisits 'Operation Kamala' of 2008" – via The Economic Times.
  13. "Congress in Pondy announces protest against "horse trading" by BJP in Karnataka, Goa". 13 July 2019 – via The Economic Times.
  14. www.thenewsminute.com https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-denying-bjp-role-their-defection-all-karnataka-rebel-mlas-join-ruling-party-112240. Retrieved 15 November 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  16. "13 rebel Karnataka MLAs are now BJP candidates in bypolls". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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