Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle
Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle, is an Indian social worker and politician. On 20 August 2019 she was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government Led by B.S. Yediyurappa.Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Nippani constituency. she is leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Shashikala was elected to 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 2013 election from Nippani constituency with 81,860 votes.
She was re-elected from Nipanni in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections polling 87,006 votes. On 20 August 2019 she was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government Led by B.S. Yediyurappa. Ms. Shashikala defeated Kaka Sao Patil of Congress Party and Ishwar Kamath of BSP.
Shashikala Jolle and her husband Annasaheb Jolle, both contested on BJP tickets from Nippani and Chikkodi-Sadalga constituencies respectively. However, Annasaheb Jolle lost to Ganesh Hukkeri for the second time whereas Shashikala Jolle emerged victorious. Annasaheb Jolle later won Chikkodi Lok Sabha seat in 2019 Indian general elections
