C. P. Yogeshwar

Chakkere Puttamade Gowda Yogeshwara is an Indian politician and actor from Karnataka who served as the Minister of Tourism, Environment and Ecology Department of Karnataka from 21 January 2021 to 26 July 2021. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Channapatna constituency. He also worked in Kannada Film Industry (Sandalwood) in lead roles. Many of his performances in his films were praised. His last role was in the movie Attahasa as a cop, the film was based on the life of Veerappan. He was nominated as MLC on 22/07/2020 from BJP.

Early life C.P. Yogeshwar was born on 29 August 1963 in Chakere village, Channapatna Taluk, Ramnagara Dist. in Karnataka. He has completed his B.Sc. from V.V. Puram College, Bangalore in the years 1983–1986.

Political career Ministry He was the Minister for Forest in the B.S. Yeddyurappa led Karnataka Government.

2024 Channapatna assembly by-poll

BJP leader and former minister C.P. Yogeshwar resigned as an MLC after he was denied the party ticket for the Channapatna Assembly bypoll, with the seat being allotted to alliance partner JD(S).

He joined Congress party and got the ticket for Channapatna bypoll.

Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar won the Channapatna bypoll, defeating JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of H.D. Kumaraswamy and grandson of former PM H.D. Deve Gowda. Nikhil secured 87,229 votes, while Yogeshwar polled 1,12,642 votes, marking a significant victory for Congress in the constituency.

Film career He acted in the following films:

Uttara Dhruvadim Dakshina Dhruvaku (2000; also story writer) Shivappa Nayaka (2001) Sainika (2002) Kambala Halli (2002) Panchali (2003) Badri (2003) Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hegirali (2004) Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri (2012)