K. N. Rajanna

Kyathasandra N. Rajanna (born 13 April 1951) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as Cabinet Minister for Cooperation in the Second Siddaramaiah Ministry until his sacking in August of 2025. He is member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Indian National Congress (INC) representing Madhugiri. Having begun his career in the cooperative sector, Rajanna has previously served as director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India and president of the Karnataka State Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd. In August 2025, he was removed from the Karnataka state cabinet for criticising Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” allegation.

Biography Rajanna was involved in the cooperative sector since 1972. His public life began around the same period when he served as secretary of the Kyathasandra taluk unit of the Indian National Congress. In 1976, he was elected president of the nagar panchayat Kyathasandra, before heading INC's Youth Congress wing of the Tumkur district-unit between 1980 and 1984. with whose ticket he successfully contested. Rajanna entered the assembly again in 2013, this time from Madhugiri, and again in 2023. In May 2023, he was appointed a cabinet minister, and was handed the Cooperation portfolio (excluding Agriculture Marketing).