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MUNIRATHNA NAIDU

Published On: November 11, 2021 at 12:30 IST   

Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka

NAME – Munirathna Naidu

PROFESSION – Politician

BORN – 23/07/1964

PLACE OF BIRTH – Karnataka

FATHER’S NAME – Subramanya Naidu

MOTHER’S NAME – N/A

SPOUSE – Manjula

SIBLINGS – 1

CHILDREN – 1

EDUCATION – 10th pass.

POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)

OFFICIAL WEBSITE – N/A

REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT – N/A

AWARDS – N/A

BACKGROUND – Munirathna is an Indian film producer-turned-politician from Karnataka and an MLA of Karnataka from Rajarajeshwari Nagar.

MAJOR INITIATIVES – N/A

CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –2013 – Elected as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari constituency as an INC candidate.

2018 – Re-elected as as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari constituency as an INC candidate.

2019 – Resigned INC and also from Assembly and joined BJP.

2020 – Elected as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari constituency as a BJP candidate.

CONTROVERSIES/CASES – In 2014, Lokayukta police recovered 1016 BBMP files related to Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency from Munirathna’s house.

In 2018, Munirathna was named in a ₹1500 crore BBMP fake bill chargesheet by the Crime Investigation Department. In the chargesheet, Munirathna, who was working as a civil contractor in 2008–09, was found conspiring with BBMP officials and swindling [money] by executing poor quality road work.

Days before the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in 2018, Bangalore Police filed a criminal case against Munirathna after the Election Commission found around 10,000 fake voter ID cards in an apartment in Jalahalli. As a result, the election in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency was postponed, with Munirathna emerging victorious.

In 2021, he is accused of diverting government hospital vaccines to his private office.