Ramesh Jigajinagi

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Ramesh Jigajinagi
3rd Union Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation
In office 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minsiter	Narendra Singh Tomar Uma Bharti
Preceded by	Birender Singh
Succeeded by	Jal Shakti[1]
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Basangouda Patil Yatnal
Constituency	Bijapur, Karnataka
In office 1998–2009
Preceded by	Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor
Succeeded by	Katti Ramesh Vishwanath
Constituency	Chikkodi, Karnataka
Minister for Revenue Government of Karnataka
In office 1996–1998
Minister for Social Welfare Government of Karnataka
In office 1996–1998
Minister for Excise Government of Karnataka
In office 1984–1985
Minister for Home Government of Karnataka
In office 1983–1985
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 1994–1998
Preceded by	Manohar Umakant Ainapur
Succeeded by	HR Algur
Constituency	Ballolli
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by	Siddharth Sangappa Arakeri
Succeeded by	Manohar Umakant Ainapur
Constituency	Ballolli
Personal details
Born	(1952-06-28) 28 June 1952 (age 72) Atharga, Bombay State (now in Karnataka), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2004-present) Janata Dal (United) (1999-2004) Lok Shakti (1998-1999) Janata Dal (1992-1998) Janata Party (1983-1992)
Spouse	Shobha
Children	2 sons
Residence(s)	Bijapur, Karnataka, Karnataka
As of 23 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi (born 28 June 1952) is an Indian politician from Karnataka and currently a member of Lok Sabha.^[2] He was Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2016. He was member of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Lok Sabha. He was inducted into PM, Narendra Modi's government as a Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation on July 5, 2016. He represents the Bijapur constituency (2019-2024) and is currently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party which he joined in 2002. He has also been a member of Janata Dal and Ramakrishna Hegde's Vedike Party and Ram Vilas Paswan's Jan Shakti Party in 2001 when Hegde was planning to retire.