Chalavadi Narayanaswamy

Chalavadi Narayanaswamy is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is serving as the Leader of Opposition Karnataka Legislative Council,{{Cite news |date=2024-06-28 |title=BJP urged to appoint Chalavadi Narayanaswamy as Leader of Opposition in Council |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-urged-to-appoint-chalavadi-narayanaswamy-as-leader-of-opposition-in-council/article68344833.ece |access-date=2024-07-30 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite news |date=2024-07-22 |title=BJP picks Narayanaswamy as Leader of Opposition in Council |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-picks-narayanaswamy-as-leader-of-opposition-in-council/article68434031.ece |access-date=2024-07-30 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} the upper house in the bicameral Karnataka Legislature.

Early life and career

Narayanaswamy is from Scheduled Caste community.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-07-23 |title=BJP MLC Chalavadi Narayanaswamy made LoP in Karnataka Upper House |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Jul/23/bjp-mlc-chalavadi-narayanaswamy-made-lop-in-karnataka-upper-house |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} After about four decades with the Indian National Congress, he shifted to the BJP.{{Cite web |last=Goudar |first=Mahesh M. |date=2024-08-21 |title=Interview: Karnataka Council LoP Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on BJP and social justice |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/interview-karnataka-council-lop-chalavadi-narayanaswamy-on-bjp-and-social-justice/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=The South First |language=en}} In 2022, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council by an electoral college comprising members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was the president of the BJP's SC Morcha before he entered the council.{{Cite web |last=Press Trust of |first=India |date=27 May 2022 |title=7 candidates elected 'unopposed' to Karnataka Legislative Council, BJP gains majority in House |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/7-candidates-elected-unopposed-to-karnataka-legislative-council-101653656269759.html |url-status= |access-date=23 December 2024 |website=Hindustan Times}}

On 22 July 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party nominated him as the leader of opposition as the post became vacant following the election of Kota Srinivas Poojary to the parliament from the Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency.

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Category:Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council

Category:Leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council

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