He is a third-term Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Bilgi, Bagalkot and is a minister in the Government of Karnataka.
Nirani was born in an agrarian family, to Rudrappa and Sushilamma, at Basav Hanchal in Bilagi taluk of Bagalkot district.
[2] Nirani set up his first sugar factory in Bagalkot, with a capacity of crushing 500 tonnes of sugarcane per day.
[5] He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh during his adolescence and has been a very crucial part of his political ideology.
He contested his first election to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Biligi in 2004 and won with a landslide victory.