J. Krishna Palemar

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox Indian politician

| name =J. Krishna Palemar

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| birth_place = Mangalore, Karnataka

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| office1 = Cabinet Minister
Government of Karnataka

| term_start1 = 7 June 2008

| term_end1 = 9 February 2012

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| 2blankname1 = Minister of Ports & Inland Transport

| 2namedata1 = 7 June 2008 - 9 February 2012

| 3blankname1 = Minister of Fisheries

| 3namedata1 = 7 June 2008 - 22 September 2010

| 4blankname1 = Minister of Hindu Religious Organizations & Endowments

| 4namedata1 = 22 September 2010 - 9 February 2012

| 5blankname1 = Minister of Ecology & Environment

| 5namedata1 = 22 September 2010 - 9 February 2012

| office2 = Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

| constituency2 = Mangalore City North

| term_start2 = 2008

| term_end2 = 2013

| successor2 = Mohiuddin Bava

| predecessor2 = Constituency created

| constituency3 = Surathkal

| term_start3 = 2004

| term_end3 = 2008

| successor3 =Constituency ceased to exist

| predecessor3 = Vijaya Kumar Shetty

| party = Bharatiya Janata party

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J. Krishna Palemar is a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mangalore City North (and erstwhile Surathkal) and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party, who had served as Minister of Environment and Ports in the B. S. Yeddyurappa government and as Minister for Ports, Science and Technology in the D. V. Sadananda Gowda Government. He is a realtor, builder, businessman, and educationist.

He resigned as a Minister on 8 February 2012, during the Video clip controversy, when he was caught on camera viewing a pornographic video clip on a mobile device.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article2872795.ece|title=Doublespeak on women and morality|date=Feb 9, 2012|work=The Hindu|accessdate=9 February 2012|location=BANGALORE}}{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/opposition-lashes-out-at-bjp/228544-60-119.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141822/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/opposition-lashes-out-at-bjp/228544-60-119.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2014|title=Opposition lashes out at BJP|date=Feb 9, 2012|publisher=IBM |accessdate=9 February 2012|location=BANGALORE}}