Brijesh Chowta
Indian politician and Ex Captain of Indian Army / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Brijesh Chowta is an Indian politician and the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party[1][3] on 4 June 2024.
Captain Brijesh Chowta | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Nalin Kumar Kateel |
Constituency | Dakshina Kannada |
Personal details | |
Born | (1981-08-31) 31 August 1981 (age 42) Mangaluru, Karnataka, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Parent(s) | Sesanna Chowta, Pushpa Chowta |
Profession | Politician |
He has been serving as the secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka since December 2023.
Born and raised in Mangaluru, Chowta graduated from St.Aloysius College, Mangaluru in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science.
After passing out from the Officer Training Academy, he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion of 8th Gorkha Rifles. And served in the Indian army from 2003 to 2010. During this stint, Chowta served in the counter-insurgency operations in Manipur and Assam respectively.
He then returned to Mangaluru and began his entrepreneurial and political journey joining the BJP in 2013.