Brijesh Chowta

Captain Brijesh Chowta
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byNalin Kumar Kateel
ConstituencyDakshina Kannada
Personal details
Born (1981-08-31) 31 August 1981 (age 43)
Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent(s)Sesanna Chowta, Pushpa Chowta
ProfessionPolitician

Captain Brijesh Chowta is an Indian politician and the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party[1][3] on 4 June 2024.

He has been serving as the secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka since December 2023.

Born and raised in Mangaluru, Chowta graduated from St.Aloysius College, Mangaluru in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science.

After passing out from the Officer Training Academy, he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion of 8th Gorkha Rifles. And served in the Indian army from 2003 to 2010. During this stint, Chowta served in the counter-insurgency operations in Manipur and Assam respectively.

He then returned to Mangaluru and began his entrepreneurial and political journey joining the BJP in 2013.

  1. ^ a b "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Brijesh Chowta, Bharatiya Janata Party Representative for Dakshina Kannada". times of India. 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (4 June 2024). "My commitment is to Hindutva; priority is for development, says Captain Chowta". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)