Mankala Vaidya

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.