Shambhu Krishna Kallolikar has taken voluntary retirement from service as IAS officer
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The ballot scene in North Karnataka is getting fascinating. Three candidates from a background in judiciary and the chief have stop excessive paying jobs to enter the ballot fray this time.
Shambhu Krishna Kallolikar is a former IAS officer who served as joint secretary within the Union authorities. Babasaheb Jinaralkar is a former District and Sessions judge and Basavaraj Beesanakoppa is a former Circle Inspector of Police. They are all aspiring to struggle the Assembly polls this summer season.
Mr. Kallolikar plans to struggle the elections from Raibag (SC) seat in Belagavi district. Duryodhan Aihole of the BJP is the incumbent MLA. The Congress is but to announce its nominee there.
Hailing from Yabaratti in Raibag taluk, Mr. Kallolikar is a 1991 cadre IAS officer. He served briefly in West Bengal earlier than becoming a member of the Tamil Nadu authorities.
After two district postings, he served within the Tamil Nadu Governor’s workplace and as extra chief secretary of the Department of Social Welfare.
He has additionally labored as a director within the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and joint secretary of the Union Ministry of Medicine and Fertilisers.
The 58-year-old Mr. Kallolikar has spent practically three many years in public service. He stated that he got here again to his dwelling State with a want to give again to society that has given him a lot.
For over a yr, a number of individuals from Raibag have been asking me to come again and work for the event of my taluk. “I took some time to decide, but opted for voluntary retirement in 2022,” he stated.
His spouse, P. Amudha is an IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre who has round seven years service left.
His household has political roots in Belagavi district. His relative Shanta Kallolikar was zilla panchayat president in Belagavi in 2012. The Kallolikars of Yabaratti are previous time Congress followers. His household dwelling within the village is the assembly place for Congress employees. There is concept that he’s in search of Congress ticket from Raibag. The Congress is but to reply, his household sources say.
Babasaheb Jinaralkar was a former District and Sessions judge
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Babasaheb Jinaralkar hails from Hattaragi in Hukkeri taluk. He has served as a district judge in Bengaluru and Tumakuru. He sought voluntary retirement in 2020. He is hopeful of getting Congress ticket from Kudchi (SC) seat.
He has begun organising social welfare programmes in Kudchi. He additionally took half within the Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi. However, the Congress selected Mahendra Tammannanavar as its nominee from the constituency. Mr. Jinaralkar says that his resolve to struggle the elections continues to be sturdy, although he’s but to resolve on becoming a member of a occasion.
“Just because I have not got the Congress ticket does not mean I will leave the hustings now. I could contest as an Independent also,” he stated. He says that he’s impressed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s assertion: “Political power is the master key, which you can use to open all doors”.
Basavaraj Beesanakoppa retired early as Police Inspector
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Unlike these two seniors, Basavaraj Beesanakoppa may be very younger. The 38-year-old Police Inspector had 24 years of service, when he sought voluntary retirement. “Senior officers in the department asked me to drop the idea of contesting the polls and to focus on my service instead. But I had made up my mind,” he stated.
He appears to be impressed by Kudchi MLA Pandappa Rajiv who was a police inspector earlier than coming into politics as an Independent.
Though Mr. Rajiv hails from Davangere district, he selected Kudchi the place he had labored as a police officer.
Mr. Beesanakoppa has joined Kalyan Rajya Pragati Party, based by the former Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy. He hopes to contest from Athani, the place he had served as a police sub-inspector 5 years in the past. “I have a strong connect with the people of the town. They had protested against my transfer from Athani,” he stated.
He hails from Shegunasi village close to Raibag. He says that he has a distinctive plan for the event of Athani, that he’ll implement, if elected.
