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Nalin Kumar Kateel
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
In office 20 August 2019 – 10 November 2023
Preceded by	B. S. Yeddyurappa
Succeeded by	B. Y. Vijayendra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 3 June 2024
Preceded by	Constituency created
Constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-07) 7 December 1966 (age 58) Mangaluru, Karnataka India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sridevi N. Shetty
Children	2 daughters
Parent(s)	Niranjan Shetty, Sushila
Residence(s)	No. 201, Ashoka Apartment, (Near Daiwajna Kalyana Mantapa), Hoigebail Road, Ashok Nagar, Mangalore - 575006 Karnataka

Nalin Niranjan Shetty Kateel (born 7 December 1966) is an Indian politician who was the 9th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 till 10 November 2023 and Member of Parliament from Dakshina Kannada constituency since 2009.

Political career

Nalin Kumar Kateel started his social and political career when he became a Prachark (full-time member) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu Nationalist organisation at the age of 18 and worked so for a period of 12 years. He was educated at St. Philomena's High School, Puttur. After his father's death, he took over the responsibility of managing his family affairs, agriculture, and also started his professional career as a civil contractor. Later he joined the Bharatiya Janta Party and rising through the ranks became District general secretary of the party in the year 2004, the office of which he still holds. In the year 2009 he was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament. He was re-elected as MP in the 2014 elections for the second term.

On 20 August 2019, he was appointed the state unit president of the Karnataka BJP to replace B. S. Yediyurappa who had become the chief minister.

As Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel has participated in 45 debates and raised 687 questions.

The BJP denied him a ticket fielding Brijesh Chowta as candidate in forthcoming elections of 2024.

Controversies

• On 14 February 2023, he said that Tipu Sultan supporters should leave the state, and also said that Ram and Hanuman worshippers should live in the state. Earlier, he asked people to focus on Love Jihad rather than on roads and infrastructure.
• On 5 August 2019, a Bengaluru court issued an arrest warrant against him for an inflammatory speech. On 3 June 2017, Kateel had made a provocative speech in a protest held in front of Konaje police (under Mangaluru city police) station.
• On 14 May 2014 Sathish Shetty, a resident of Beverly Park, Thane logged an FIR against Nalin Kumar accusing him of having "an illicit relationship with his wife Vinutha". Nalin Kumar Kateel denied the allegations saying it is a political conspiracy to damage his image politically. A FIR was registered in Mangalore City police station.
• BJP Yuva Morcha expressed anger towards the inefficiency of the MP towards development work and also towards inaction of the police investigation in the death of the Yuva morcha leader and gheraoed and pushed his car almost endangering his life. However, his team later floated that there is a conspiracy to malign his image hence the anger of BJP workers was purposely created, they said in a media briefing.

Position held

References

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2. udayvani
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8. "Mangaluru: Public lash out at MP Nalin Kumar, launch campaign seeking his removal". daijiworld.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
9. "In nation's interest, we have to suffer non-performers: RSS member". The Times of India. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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12. "BJP Drops Big Names Including Ramesh Pokhriyal, Nalin Kateel From 2nd Lok Sabha List". News18. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
13. "People loving Tipu can't stay, state only for Ram, Hanuman worshippers: K'taka BJP chief". 14 February 2023.
14. "Bengaluru court issues non-bailable warrant against MP Nalin Kumar". 6 August 2019.
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19. "FIR-filed-against-BJP-MP-Kateel-for-adultery". The Times of India.
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23. Bureau, ABP News (27 July 2022). "Karnataka BJP Worker Murder: Protesters Gherao, Push MP Nalin Kumar Kateel's Car | WATCH". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
24. "Karnataka: Protesters jolt BJP MP's car over Yuva Morcha worker's murder". Hindustan Times. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
25. "Mangaluru: Conspiracy against Nalin Kumar Kateel over Praveen's murder – BJP". daijiworld.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

• The Hindu,Nalin Kumar Kateel Humbles Poojary 17 May 2009
• IBN Live,Nalin Kumar Kateel Statistics
• Newskarnataka.com Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 18 June 2015

External links

• Official website

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