Kothur G. Manjunath

Kothur G. Manjunath is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Kolar.

Kothur G. Manjunath
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2023
Preceded by	K. Srinivasa Gowda
Constituency	Kolar
In office 2013–2018
Preceded by	Amaresh
Succeeded by	H. Nagesh
Constituency	Mulbagal
Personal details
Born	Karnataka, India
Political party	Indian National Congress

Political career

He is former member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mulbagal.^[1] Manjunath entered the election as an independent candidate, having been denied the ticket by the Congress party, but has later joined the party.^[2] In 2015 Manjunath was involved in controversy regarding a caste certificate issued for him and he was denied to participate in the 2018 Karnataka assembly election due to court order for fake certificate. ^[1]