Mankala Vaidya

Mankala Subba Vaidya
Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 August 2026
SpeakerGurupadagouda Patil
Preceded byRudrappa Lamani
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
In office
27 May 2023 – 29 May 2026
GovernorThawarchand Gehlot
CabinetSecond Siddaramaiah ministry
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments
  • Fisheries & Ports
  • Inland Transport
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Preceded bySunil Biliya Naik
ConstituencyBhatkal
In office
2013–2018
Preceded byJ. D. Naik
Succeeded bySunil Biliya Naik
ConstituencyBhatkal
Personal details
PartyIndian National Congress

Mankal S. Vaidya is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka and as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Bhatkal.

He contested the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Bhatkal–Honnavar assembly constituency as an Independent candidate and won polling 37,319 votes. He later joined the Indian National Congress in 2014.

On 25 February 2018, he survived an assassination attempt during a public function in Hosad village of Uttara Kannada district.

Politicial Journey

Mankala Vaidya was first inducted into the Second Siddaramaiah ministry on 27 May 2023, holding the portfolios of Fisheries & Ports and Inland Transport, and served until the cabinet's dissolution on 3 June 2026 following Siddaramaiah's resignation as Chief Minister.

When D. K. Shivakumar took over as CM, Vaidya's name initially appeared in the AICC's list of ministers for the new cabinet, but he was dropped at the last minute and replaced by S. S. Mallikarjun, with the Congress high command later citing a "typographical error" as the reason for his inclusion.

To compensate for his exclusion, Vaidya was offered—and accepted—the post of Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, to which he was unanimously elected on 18 August 2026, succeeding Rudrappa Lamani and replacing the earlier candidate A. S. Ponnanna.

References

  1. ↑ "Mankal Vaidya sworn as Cabinet Minster in Government of Karnataka". 27 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS" (PDF). p. 79.
  3. ↑ "Mankal Vaidya joins congress with..., SahilOnline News". Sahilonline.org. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bengaluru: Explosion at event attended by MLA Bhatkal M S Vaidya". Deccanchronicle.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Blast near venue triggers panic". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Crude bomb explosion at Honnavar, Bhatkal MLA unhurt". The Hindu. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "I too missed minister berth once: DK Shivakumar to unhappy MLAs amid cabinet expansion". India Today. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Karnataka Congress cabinet expansion: DK Shivakumar faces dissent as MLAs resign". The Indian Express. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Confusion, Dissent, Last-Minute Changes Plague Karnataka Cabinet Expansion". NDTV. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Last-minute twist in Karnataka Cabinet: Mankal Vaidya dropped, S.S. Mallikarjun gets ministerial berth". Bhatkallys. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Mankal Vaidya Unanimously Elected Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Assembly". Deccan Chronicle. 18 August 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.