Smt. Sonia Gandhi
ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಸೋನಿಯಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ
- Chairperson, Congress Parliamentary Party
- Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan)
One team
Standing with the leadership of the Indian National Congress.
Puttanna contests the Bangalore Teachers' Constituency as the Congress candidate. He is part of a team that runs the Government of Karnataka and leads the Opposition in both Houses of Parliament. A vote for him puts a teachers' representative on the side of the government that runs Karnataka's schools and colleges.
National leadership
Leaders of the Indian National Congress
Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
ಶ್ರೀ ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ ಖರ್ಗೆ
- President, All India Congress Committee
- Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha
Shri Rahul Gandhi
ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ
- Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
- Member of Parliament, Rae Bareli
Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ ವಾದ್ರಾ
- General Secretary, AICC
- Member of Parliament, Wayanad
Karnataka leadership
The Congress Government of Karnataka
The Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, the former Chief Minister, and the two ministers who run the state's schools, PU colleges and universities, the institutions where this constituency's voters teach.
Shri D. K. Shivakumar
ಶ್ರೀ ಡಿ. ಕೆ. ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ್
- Chief Minister of Karnataka (since 3 June 2026)
- MLA, Kanakapura
Dr. G. Parameshwara
ಡಾ. ಜಿ. ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರ
- Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka (since 3 June 2026)
- MLA, Koratagere
Shri Siddaramaiah
ಶ್ರೀ ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ
- Former Chief Minister of Karnataka (2013–18, 2023–26)
- MLA, Varuna
Shri Madhu Bangarappa
ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧು ಬಂಗಾರಪ್ಪ
- Minister for Primary & Secondary Education, Karnataka
- MLA, Soraba
Shri Basavaraj Rayareddy
ಶ್ರೀ ಬಸವರಾಜ ರಾಯರೆಡ್ಡಿ
- Minister for Higher Education, Karnataka
- MLA, Yelburga
A teachers' voice inside a Congress government.
Pay scales, recruitment, pensions and grants are decided by the state government. Puttanna's work in the Council is to put teachers' demands in front of the people who decide them.