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Incumbent MLA

Profile

• Vinay Kulkarni, second term MLA,  is a BSc (Agriculture) graduate who represents the Dharawad constituency from Congress. Served as zilla panchayat vice president and member. In 2004 contested and won as independent candidate from Dharwad rural, then joined INC.
• Lost in 2008 election against Seema Masuti, and won in 2013 election from Dharwad (south).
• Become minister of mines and geology in 2016.
• Incharge minister of Dharwad in 2016
• http://vinaykulkarni.in. http://vinaykulkarni.in/minister/portfolio-item/mla-grants/
• http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/216.pdf
• https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/dharwad/dharwad-south-mla-vinay-kulkarni-profile-098054.html 

Vinay Kulakarni in the news

• Oct 29, 2015 : ಯುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್‌ ಮೂಲಕ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪ್ರವೇಶ ಮಾಡಿದ ಧಾರವಾಡ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಶಾಸಕ ವಿನಯ್ ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ ಅವರು ಸಚಿವರಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ವಚನ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಪಕ್ಷ ನಾಯಕ, ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ರಾಜ್ಯಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ತವರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಶಾಸಕರಾದ ವಿನಯ್ ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
• Sep 25, 2017: Rashtriya Basava Sene launched at Gulbarga with Vinay Kulkarni as National President.
• Nov 25, 2017 : After the allegation of mediating for a killer, Minister Vinay Kulkarni is embroiled in yet another scandal of threatening a lawyer. An audio CD of 14.31 minutes of allegedly Vinay’s Kumar’s voice threatening lawyer Ananda Badi on phone on Nov 20 is available with Kannada Prabha and Suvarna News.
• Nov 25, 2017 : Mines and Geology Minister, Vinay Kulkarni, is facing fresh trouble over the murder of Dharwad Zilla Panchayat member.
• Nov 27, 2017: BJP leader Amrut Desai, whom district-in-charge Minister Vinay Kulkarni has accused of launching a misinformation campaign against him [Minister], has decided to file a defamation case against the Minister now. At a press conference here on Saturday, Mr. Vinay Kulkarni had said that Mr. Desai was the man behind the derogatory letters against him being circulated by an advocate on social media.
• Jan 17, 2018 : MML scam: Minister says books were fudged, but ore not exported

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