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R.Roshan Baig

Urban development Minister(excluding Bangalore), City Corporations (excluding BBMP), Urban Land Transport, Haj Information & Wakf Minister

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R. Roshan Baig is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Karnataka a state in southern India. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is also vice-chairman of the Al-Ameen Educational Society.

Early life
Roshan was born premature and as a child was not a bright student. He failed his 8th standard exams and was not permitted to take the 10th standard ones due to attendance shortage. Ultimately, he passed high school and took an admission to RC College in Bangalore, where he contested his first ever election, for the elective post of General Secretary against Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar.

Political career
After getting a bachelor's degree in commerce, He joined a government law college for his L.L.B and later became a full-time politician due to his burgeoning political career. He won the 1985 state elections for the 8th Assembly with the Janata Party. After division of the Janata party, he moved to the Indian National Congress party. As a civil servant, he claims his attendance to the assembly is 99%. He considers the House as sacred and a privilege and so has never slept in the House.

As a prominent face in Bangalore Central and Bangalore North, he's touted as the face of Muslim community in Karnataka. Although he's an MLA from Shivajinagar which is a Hindu majority constituency with some Muslim population.

Posts Held
Home Minister
Minister for Tourism and Haj
Minister for Medium & Small Scale Industries
Minister for Infrastructure
Minister for Information, Public Relations and Haj
Minister For Urban Development, City Corporations, Urban Land Transport KUWSDB & KUIDFC, Haj Information & Wakf
Member of the 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly.