R. Roshan Baig

R. Roshan Baig
Minister of Home Affairs
In office June 1996 – August 1999
Minister for Urban Development, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Haj
In office 01 January 2014 – 30 May 2018
Constituency	Shivajinagar
MLA of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 2008 - 2019
Preceded by	Katta Subramanya Naidu
Succeeded by	Arshad Rizwan
Constituency	Shivajinagar
In office 1999-2008
Preceded by	R. Krishnappa
Succeeded by	Seat disestablished
Constituency	Jayamahal
In office 1994-1999
Preceded by	A. K. Anatha Krishna
Succeeded by	Katta Subramanya Naidu
Constituency	Shivajinagar
In office 1985-1989
Preceded by	M. Raghupathy
Succeeded by	A. K. Anatha Krishna
Constituency	Shivajinagar
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-15) 15 July 1951 (age 73) Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress, Janata Party
Spouse	Sabiha Fatima
Children	3
Website	http://rroshanbaig.com/

R. Roshan Baig is a former seven-time member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Minister from South Indian state of Karnataka. He has also been vice-chairman of the Al-Ameen Educational Society. A seven-time MLA, from 1984 to 1994 he was the member of the Janata Party for the first two terms as the MLA and from 1994 to 2019 he was the member of the Indian National Congress for 5 of his MLA terms.^[1] Baig was suspended from the Indian National Congress in 2019 after he insulted top Congress leaders for the party's poor performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Roshan Baig had held former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's "arrogance" and Dinesh Gundu Rao's "immaturity" responsible for the "flop show".^[2] He was also blamed for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives for inclusive development.

He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for a record seven-times from Shivajinagar Assembly Constituency and Shivajinagar was touted as his bastion for over 4 decades.