Dinesh Gundu Rao MLA |
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Working President of the KPCC | |
Assumed office 21 June 2016 |
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Preceded by | G. Parameshwara |
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs | |
In office 20 May 2013 – 21 June 2016 |
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Preceded by | D. N. Jeevaraj |
Succeeded by | U. T. Khader |
Personal details | |
Born |
Coorg, Karnataka, India |
9 October 1969
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Residence | Bangalore |
As of October, 2015 |
Dinesh Gundu Rao (born 9 October 1969) is an Indian politician working for the Indian National Congress (INC) in Karnataka.
He was born in Kushal Nagar, Coorg. He is the second son of a former Chief Minister of Karnataka, R. Gundu Rao. He has an elder brother and a younger brother.
He is married with two children, living in Bangalore, Karnataka. Recently,he was appointed as the DCC President of Bangalore city.
Dinesh Gundurao was the Congress candidate for Assembly Constituency (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike District) 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Elections. The count of total votes polled for Assembly constituency in 2004 Karnataka Elections was 61212. Out of these, Dinesh Gundurao of Congress secured 40797 votes to win the seat, defeating the nearest rival Nagaraj V of JD(S) by a margin of 28268 votes.
He was president of the Karnataka Youth Congress, and is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Till date, he is a three time winner in the Karnataka elections.Dinesh gundu rao was minister of state for food , civil supplies and consumer affairs in government of karnataka He is currently Working President of KPCC