Politics
Gulbarga is home for two ex-chief ministers of Karnataka, namely Late Veerendra Patil (1968–1971, 1988–1990) and Dharam Singh (2004–2006) belonging to the Congress party.
The current member of Parliament from Gulbarga is Mr Mallikarjun Kharge. He is the honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Republic of India.
The members of the State Legislative Assembly are Mr Qamar ul Islam (Gulbarga North), Mrs Aruna Patil Revoor (Gulbarga South) and Mr Revu Naik Belamgi (Gulbarga Rural).
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“All is politics in this capital.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The politics of the exile are fever,
revenge, daydream,
theater of the aging convalescent.
You wait in the wings and rehearse.
You wait and wait.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)
“Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.”
—G.M. (George Macaulay)