Dinesh Gundurao, a five-time MLA of Gandhinagar constituency will replace incumbent KPCC Chief G Parameswara, who has been elevated as the Dy-Chief Minister. Former Minister Eswar Khandre will be the new KPCC Working President, a post held by Gundu Rao.
Dinesh Gundu Rao is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister R Gundu Rao. A prominent media face, Rao was a national spokesperson for the All-India Congress Committee. Rao also served as the Food and Civil Supplies Minister in Siddaramaiah led Congress government.
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An urban face of Congress, Gundurao was the working president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Rao mired into a controversy for targeting UP Chief Minister Yogi Aditanath during the Karnataka election campaign
Considered as the close aide of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the 48-year-old leader was instrumental in handling Congress lawmaker during the dramatic development of floor test in Karnataka assembly.