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T. B. Jayachandra

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T. B. Jayachandra
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs of Karnataka
In office
18 May 2013 – 15 May 2018
Preceded byS. Suresh Kumar
Succeeded byKrishna Byregowda
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byRajesh Gowda
ConstituencySira
In office
2008–2018
Preceded byB. Satyanarayana
Succeeded byB. Satyanarayana
ConstituencySira
In office
1989–2004
Preceded byB. L. Gowda
Succeeded byKiran Kumar K S
ConstituencyKallambella
In office
1978–1983
Preceded byT. Taregowda
Succeeded byB. Ganganna
ConstituencyKallambella
Personal details
Born (1949-07-29) 29 July 1949 (age 75)
Thimmanahalli Chikkanayakanahalli, Tumkur, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseG. H. Nirmala
Children3
Alma materBachelor of Science
Bachelor of Laws
Websitehttps://tbjayachandra.com/

Thimmanahalli Boraiah Jayachandra (29 July 1949)[1] is an Indian politician and former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly[2] from the Indian National Congress.[3] He served as the Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs for Karnataka before losing his seat in 2018 assembly elections.[4] [5][6] [7]

Political career

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Jayachandra was first elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1978.[8] He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after winning from Sira during the 2013 elections.[2] He lost from Sira in the Karnataka assembly elections 2018 to JD(S) candidate B Satyanarayana.

He was elected as a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, from the Kallambella & Sira constituencies of Tumkur District, Karnataka for 7 terms.

Cabinet Minister

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He was the Cabinet Minister from 2013 until 2018 and handled the portfolios of Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Animal Husbandry, Endowments, Higher Education and Minor Irrigation very efficiently. He was also the Chairman of 16 Cabinet Sub-Committees, Vice Chairman for one Cabinet Sub Committee and Member of 24 Cabinet Sub-Committees. Besides being Chairman of the Committee for Simplification, Strengthening, Tracking of Govt. Programmes.

Positions held

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Deputy leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 1994 – 99 and 2008 to 2013

Minister for Agriculture and District In-charge Minister of Tumkur District, from 17.10.1999 to 27.06.2002

Special representative of Government of Karnataka at New Delhi from 27.06.2002 to 11.12.2003 with the Status of Cabinet Minister

Minister for Food & Civil Supplies and District In-charge Minister of Mandya District, from 12.12.2003 to 28.5.2004

Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Animal Husbandry. Endowment (18.05.2013 – 30.10.2015) and District In-charge Minister of Tumkur District

Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Higher Education (from 30.10.2015 to 20.06.2016) and District In-charge Minister of Tumkur District

Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Minor Irrigation (from 21.06.2016 to 15.05.2018) and District In-charge Minister of Tumkur District.

References

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  1. ^ "T.B.Jayachandra". tbj. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Assembly Elections May 2013 Results : Constituency wise Result Status". Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Myneta.info > Karnataka 2013→TUMKUR→SIRA→T B JAYACHANDRA". myneta.info.
  4. ^ Herald, Deccan. "Siddaramaiah's Ministry of Losses: A list". Mysore Printers. Deccan Herald Newspaper.
  5. ^ "Bangalore is now Bengaluru". Business Standard. 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ "CM asked me to submit memo: Jayachandra". Deccan Herald. 31 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Jayachandra alleges political vendetta behind denotification of land for forming Arkavathy Layout". The Hindu.
  8. ^ "T B Jayachandra, Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly & Former Minister" (PDF). Department of Parliamentary Affairs. dpal.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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