J. Krishna Palemar

J. Krishna Palemar is a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mangalore City North (and erstwhile Surathkal) and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party, who had served as Minister of Environment and Ports in the B. S. Yeddyurappa government and as Minister for Ports, Science and Technology in the D. V. Sadananda Gowda Government. He is a realtor, builder, businessman, and educationist.

He resigned as a Minister on 8 February 2012, during the Video clip controversy, when he was caught on camera viewing a pornographic video clip on a mobile device.

Member of Legislative Assembly
He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly in the following years.
 * 2004
 * 2008

Positions held

 * Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Inland Water Transport; Small Savings and Lotteries
 * Minister for Ports, Science and Technology
 * District-in-charge Minister for Dakshina Kannada and Madikeri