B. Janardhana Poojary (born 27 April 1937) is a senior politician from Indian National Congress party.
He continued to be General Secretary of All India Congress Committee during the tenure of Prime Minister Shree P. V. Narasimha Rao up to 1996.
Sonia Gandhi also appointed Shree B. Janardhana Poojary as President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee in 2003 for the second time.
[3] Janardhana Poojary was born to an ethnic Billava family in Mangalore and his mother-tongue is Tulu.
In April 1994, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament – a position he held until May 2008.
During his tenure as Central (Union) Minister of State for Finance, he organized credit camps (Loan Melas) to give assistance to the weaker sections of the society.