Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage

Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage or Raju Kage is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Kagwad 4 times consecutively before getting defeated from Shrimant Patil twice in 2018 Assembly election and 2019 by-election.

He completed B.Sc graduation from R.L.S. College, Belagavi affiliated to Karnatak University, Dharwad in 1980

He contested from Athani as a Janata Party candidate and was defeated by Pawar Desai Sidharaj of Indian National Congress. He became a member of Gram Panchayat in 1993. He was elected to Belagavi Zilla Panchayat in 1995. He contested from Kagwad in 1999 as an Independent candidate and was defeated by Pasagouda Urf Popat Appagoda Patil of Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Kagwad for the first time in the 2000 Karnataka Legislative Assembly By-election as Janata Dal (United) candidate. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party was elected from the same constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013. He was defeated by Shrimant Patil of Indian National Congress in 2018 Assembly Elections. Meanwhile Shrimant Patil resigned and contested again in 2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections. Raju Kage had joined Indian National Congress and was defeated by Shrimant Patil who contested from Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was arrested for attacking a Congress worker Belagavi in 2017