Constituency Bangalore Rural Name Tejashwini Gowda Spouse(s) Sreeramesh Role Political figure | Children 1 son and 1 daughter Residence Bangalore Rural | |
Born 11 November 1966 (age 57)
Doddarayappanahalli-Kanivenarayanapura, Bangalore, Karnataka ( 1966-11-11 ) Website | ||
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Tejashwini Gowda Hits Back At DK Shivakumar, Says He Need Eye Specialist
Dr. Tejashwini Gowda (born 11 November 1966) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Bangalore Rural constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. She was born in Doddarayappanahalli. On 3/13/2014 she quit INC and joined BJP.
Contents
- Tejashwini Gowda Hits Back At DK Shivakumar Says He Need Eye Specialist
- Early life and education
- Life as a journalist
- Electoral performance
- References
Early life and education
Tejashwini was born on 11 November 1966 to Muinajappa and Munithayamma at Doddarayappanahalli, in Bangalore Rural district. She holds a master's degree in Political Science and a bachelor's degree in Law from Vivekanda Law College, Bangalore. She is also a Philosophical Doctor from Bangalore University. She married Sreeramesh on 12 May 2000. She has a son and a daughter.
Life as a journalist
Before joining politics, Tejashwini was a research scholar and used to write on various aspects of life and society. She has also traveled into the tribal belts of Chhattisgarh and Bastar to produce television documentaries.
Her popularity among the crowds increased immensely after she started to host the chart show "Mukha Mukhi" (in Kannada it means face to face). Her popularity started to increase after she interviewed many political personalities. Her chat show was able to increase the popularity due to its content, which asked questions related to politicians inter-party squabbling s and corruption.
Electoral performance
Taking the advantage of her popularity, before the 14th Loksabha elections, Tejashwini joined the Indian National Congress. She was fielded against the former prime minister of India H D Deve Gowda in the Kanakapura (Bangalore-Rural) Lok Sabha constituency. She was given the ticket from the Congress party on the last day of nominations. She was able to win the a margin of over one lakh votes. Also in the contest was Bharatiya Janata Party's leader Ramachandra Gowda. She was the candidate of INC from the Bangalore Rural Constituency in the General Elections 2009.