Siddaramaiah, currently Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly began his political career with the Janata Dal. In 1992, he was appointed as Secretary General of the Janata Dal. He has handled diverse portfolios such as Sericulture, Animal Husbandry and Transport during the JD(S) terms. Photo: Bhagya Prakash K
In 2006, Siddaramaiah joined the Congress after differences with his mentor H D Deve Gowda. In the 2008 state Assembly elections, he contested from Varuna Constituency and was re-elected for the fifth time. Photo: V.Sreenivasa Murthy
Mallikarjun Kharge is currently the Union Minister of Labour and Employment. He represents the Gulbarga parliamentary constituency of Karnataka.Though he didn't contest in 2013 Assembly elections, Kharge has won 9 consecutive times. Photo: Arun Kulkarni
Kharge started his political career as a student union leader. In 1969, he joined the Indian National Congress and became president of the Gulbarga City Congress Committee. In 2005, he was appointed as the president of the KPCC. Photo: Arun Kulkarni
Kharge was appointed as the Minister for Labour and Employment in the UPA -II Cabinet in May 2009. Photo: Arun Kulkarni
Veerappa Moily is currently the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He was the former Chief Minister of Karnataka (19 Nov 1992 - 11 Dec 1994). Photo: K.Gopinathan
Moily led the implementation of economic reforms in Karnataka in 1992 and was also responsible for drafting and implementing the Karnataka Land Reforms Act in 1974. Photo: R.V.Moorthy
S. M. Krishna was the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and served as Minister of External Affairs from 2009 to October 2012. He has served multiple terms as an MP from the Mandya district starting from 1968. Photo: K.Bhagya Prakash
Krishna was instrumental in implementing power reforms with ESCOMS and digitization of land records (BHOOMI). He was instrumental in setting up the Bangalore Advance Task Force. He resigned as External Affairs Minister on 26 October 2012 indicating a return to Karnataka state politics. Photo: K.Gopinathan
Published - May 08, 2013 04:32 pm IST