Mankala Vaidya
Mankala Subba Vaidya | |
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| Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Constituency | Bhatkal–Honnavar |
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Mankal S. Vaidya is an Indian National Congress political activist and member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He contested the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Bhatkal–Honnavar assembly constituency as an Independent candidate and won polling 37,319 votes.[1] He later joined the Indian National Congress in 2014.[2]
On 25 February 2018, he survived an assassination attempt during a public function in Hosad village of Uttara Kannada district.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS" (PDF). p. 79.
- ^ "Mankal Vaidya joins congress with..., SahilOnline News". Sahilonline.org. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Bengaluru: Explosion at event attended by MLA Bhatkal M S Vaidya". Deccanchronicle.com. 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Blast near venue triggers panic". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Crude bomb explosion at Honnavar, Bhatkal MLA unhurt". The Hindu. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2018-02-28.