B.A. Basavaraja - MLA from K.R. Pura (151)

Byrathi Basavaraj is an Indian politician who will take over as Karnataka's Minister of Urban Development on August 4, 2021. He began in social service before entering politics and becoming a panchayat member and president. He was elected as a corporator for Hoodi ward in 2009 and ran for the Krishnarajapuram Vidhanasabha constituency (K R Puram) in 2013, becoming the party's first MLA. He was elected to Congress for the second time in 2018. Following his resignation in 2019, he ran in a by-election for the BJP and won by a large margin. Later, he served as Minister for Urban Development in the cabinet of B S Yediyurappa and as Minister for the Second Term in the cabinet of Basavaraj Bommai.