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H N Ananth Kumar
File:Ananth Kumar.jpg
BJP National General Secretary
MP
Assumed office
1996
Preceded byK.Venkatagiri gowda, BJP
ConstituencyBangalore South
Personal details
Born (1959-07-22) 22 July 1959 (age 64)
Bangalore, Karnataka
Political partyBJP
SpouseTejaswini
Children2 daughters
ResidenceBangalore
Websiteananth.org
As of August 19, 2010

Ananth Kumar, (born 22 July 1959) is a member of the Indian political party BJP.[1] He represents the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka[1] where he has been elected a record five times consecutively.[1]

Politics

Having been influenced by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students wing of the BJP. During the Emergency, he was imprisoned along with thousands of other student activists.[2] He was elected as the State Secretary of the ABVP and later, became its National Secretary in 1985.He later joined BJP and was nominated as the State President of BJP Yuva Morcha. He was then made National Secretary of the party in 1996.[2]

He was elected from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996. In 1998 he was re elected and was inducted into the Union Cabinet headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Minister for Civil Aviation. In 1999, he was re elected to a 3rd Consecutive term and became a cabinet minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. He handled various ministries like Tourism, Sports & Youth Affairs, Culture, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.[2]

He became the President of the Karnataka state unit of BJP in 2003 and led the state unit which became the single largest party in the Legislative Assembly and won the highest number of Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in 2004. In 2004, he was appointed as the National General Secretary of the BJP and has held that post ever since.[2]

Controversies

In August 2005, Centre for Public Interest Litigation had alleged that as the Urban Development Minister, Ananth Kumar misused the funds for paying his mobile bills and other private affairs.[3][4] The petitioner Prashant Bhushan alleged that the actions of Anantha Kumar had caused considerable loss to the public exchequer.[5]

Personal life

Ananth Kumar was born on 22 July 1959 in Bangalore, Karnataka to H N Narayan Sastry and Girija.[6] He graduated in faculty of Arts (B.A) from K S Arts College, Hubli affiliated to the Karnatak University and later, completed his bachelors in law (L.L.B) from J.S.S. Law College affiliated to the Mysore University. He married Tejaswini and the couple have 2 daughters - Aishwarya and Vijeta.

References

  1. ^ a b c Detailed Profile - Shri Ananth Kumar - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India
  2. ^ a b c d http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=20
  3. ^ "Hudco scam". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 August 2005.
  4. ^ "Hudco scam". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 January 2005.
  5. ^ "Hudco scam". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2004.
  6. ^ "Ananth Kumar's profile". India.gov.in. Retrieved 2005. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

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