Siddaramaiah's 10 Facts & Unseen Photos

Chat Box Siddaramaiah was born on August 3, 1947, in a remote village called Siddaramanahundi in Mysore District. He belongs to the Kuruba Gowda community.

Siddaramaiah belonged to a lower middle-class family; his father, Siddarame Gowda, and mother, Boramma, were farmers.

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Siddaramaiah’s elder son, Rakesh, who was also a politician, died when he was just 38 due to multiple organ failure and his Yathindra is also a politician.

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Siddaramaiah entered politics in 1978, and he was elected to the Mysore Taluka Board.

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Siddaramaiah wanted to form a regional political party called "ABPJD," but he did not succeed in this because regional parties formed earlier in Karnataka had not survived.

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Siddaeamaiah joined the Congress party in December 2006 after being expelled from the Janata Dal.

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In 2008, Siddaramaiah was re-elected for the fifth time in state Assembly elections, and this time he contested from Varuna Constituency.

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Siddaramaiah became the Chief Minister of Karnataka in 2013, and up until 2019, Siddaramaiah had around 50 criminal cases registered against him.

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