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Santosh Lad
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Santosh Shivaji Lad (born 27 February 1975) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka, and is a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Kalghatgi-Alnavar constituency in the Dharwad district of Karnataka state.[1]
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Early life
Santosh Lad, son of Shailaja and Shivaji Lad, was born on 27 February 1975 in Sandur taluk of Karnataka's Bellary district. He has one elder sister. He obtained his bachelor of commerce degree from Sandur Education Society's Arts, Science & Commerce College, Bellary. His family was affluent because of their involvement in the mining industry since the 1950s. Lad was an active sportsman as a youngster and participated in local tournaments and state-level competitions. He participated in under-21 Cricket state-level tournament KSCA representing Tumkur Zone as a team member and as captain.[citation needed]
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Personal life
Lad's father, Shivaji, died when Santosh was 16 years old. He is married to Keerthi Lad; they have a son.
Political career
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Lad started his political career as a counsellor from Sandur taluk. He had very little success in Taluka panchayat elections, where he lost marginally in his first election. He went on to win both seats he contested in the following election, contributing to his party gaining the majority during that period.[citation needed]
Lad contested the MLA election against a strong contender from the Congress Party. He represented the Janata Dal (Secular) party and was the youngest MLA (aged 29), along with the first person from his party to win Sandur constituency; the election was won with a record margin.[citation needed] Lad was part of the government formation under H. D. Kumaraswamy, ex-chief minister of the Karnataka state.[citation needed]
In the 2008 Karnataka Assembly elections, he won the Kalghatgi constituency in the Dharwad district. He currently is an active member and represents Indian National Congress. In the 2013 Karnataka state assembly election, Santosh Lad won with a margin of over 45,000 votes,[2][3] to win consecutively for the second time from Kalghatgi and third time overall. Congress secured an absolute majority to form the government.[4] Santosh Lad was appointed Minister of State for Information and Infrastructure. In 2018, legislative elections, he lost to C.M. Nimbannanavar of the BJP, with a margin of 20,997 votes.[5]
Initiatives
Santosh Lad was appointed state representative to oversee the rescue operation in the worst flooded area of Uttarakhand,[6][7] accompanied by a team headed by Hemanth Nimbalkar, Kari Gowda, and Naveen Raj Singh. After over ten days of rescue operations, the team was able to rescue everyone except 14 people for whom an extensive search was carried out.
Positions held
- 1998 – Elected councillor, Sandur Town Panchayat
- 2003 – Elected MLA from Sandur representing Janata Dal (Secular)
- 2007 – Joined Indian National Congress
- 2008 – Elected MLA from Kalghatgi representing Indian National Congress
- 2010 – Appointed general secretary of KPCC
- 2010 – Appointed Raichur District in charge by KPCC
- 2013 – Wins second time in a row as MLA from Kalghatgi
- 2013 – Appointed Minister of State for Information and Infrastructure[8]
- 2023 - Appointed Labour minister of Karnataka.[9]
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