Tejashwini Gowda

Tejaswini Gowda
Tejaswini Gowda
Member of Legislative Council; Karnataka
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 July 2018
Constituency	Karnataka
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2004-2009
Preceded by	H. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded by	D. K. Suresh (as MP for Bangalore Rural)
Constituency	Kanakapura
Personal details
Born	11 November 1966 (age 55); Doddarayappanahalli-Kanivenarayanapura, Bangalore, Karnataka
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2014)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (2004-2014)
Spouse(s)	Sreeramesh
Children	2
Residence(s)	Bangalore Rural
Website	http://tejasvinigowda.com/
	As of 6 April, 2009Source: [2]

Dr. Tejaswini Gowda (born 11 November 1966) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009) from Kanakapura in Karnataka (India), representing Congress Party. This seat morphed into Bangalore (Rural) seat, and she contested from the new seat in 2009 when she came third. In March 2014 she quit INC and joined BJP.^[1]

Early life and education[]

Tejaswini was born on 11 November 1966 to Muninanjappa and Munithayamma at Doddarayappanahalli, in Bangalore Rural district. She holds a master's degree in Political Science and a bachelor's degree in Law from Vivekanda Law College, Bangalore. She is also a Philosophical Doctor from Bangalore University. She has a son and a daughter.^[2]

Life as a journalist[]

Before joining politics, Tejashwini was a research scholar and used to write on various aspects of life and society. She has also traveled into the tribal belts of Chhattisgarh and Bastar to produce television documentaries.

Her popularity among the crowds increased immensely after she started to host the chart show "Mukha Mukhi" (in Kannada it means face to face). Her popularity started to increase after she interviewed many political personalities. Her chat show was able to increase the popularity due to its content, which asked questions related to politicians inter-party squabbling s and corruption.

Electoral performance[]

Taking the advantage of her popularity, before the 14th Loksabha elections in 2004, Tejashwini joined the Indian National Congress. She was given the ticket from the Congress party on the last day of nominations. She was able to win the a margin of over one lakh votes, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's leader Ramachandra Gowda, and former PM Deve Gowda who came third in Kanakpura but won from the other seat (Hassan) which he had contested.^[3] She was the candidate of INC from the Bangalore Rural Constituency in the General Elections 2009, and she came third behind the JD(S) and BJP candidates.

Reference and notes[]

^ "Tejaswini Gowda joins BJP - The Hindu". The Hindu. 13 March 2014.
^ SeeRamesh, Dr. (Smt). Tejashwini's Profile on Lok Sabha's Member Pages Archived 22 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ Verdict: Karnataka's electorate votes to reject the economic policy package implemented by the Congress government, which added to the hardships of the people. Frontline -Volume 21 - Issue 11, 22 May – 4 June 2004 [1] Archived 21 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Interview with Tejaswini Ramesh, Young champions of education in Parliament: Education World Magazine. [3]
Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website

[1] "Tejaswini Gowda joins BJP - The Hindu". The Hindu. 13 March 2014.

[2] SeeRamesh, Dr. (Smt). Tejashwini's Profile on Lok Sabha's Member Pages Archived 22 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Verdict: Karnataka's electorate votes to reject the economic policy package implemented by the Congress government, which added to the hardships of the people. Frontline -Volume 21 - Issue 11, 22 May – 4 June 2004 [1] Archived 21 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine

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