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D. K. Shivakumar
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9th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2023
GovernorThawar Chand Gehlot
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Preceded byLaxman Savadi, C. N. Ashwanth Narayan and Govind Kojarl
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 May 2008
Preceded byP. G. R. Sindhia
ConstituencyKanakapura
In office
30 November 1989 – 20 April 2004
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byAbolished
ConstituencySathanur
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
In office
11 July 2014 – 23 July 2019
Governor
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Siddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
  • Medical Education
  • Energy
Preceded by
Succeeded by
President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2020
Preceded byDinesh Gundu Rao
Working President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2008–2010
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEshwara Khandre assumed office on 2018
Personal details
Born (1962-05-15) 15 May 1962 (age 62)
Kanakapura, Mysore State, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseUsha Shivakumar
Children3
RelativesD. K. Suresh (brother)
Residence(s)Kanakapura, Karnataka
OccupationPolitician

Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 9th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka since 2023. He also the President of the Karnataka PCC. He was the minister of irrigation in the cabinet of H. D. Kumaraswamy. Previously he served as the Minister of Energy in the Government of Karnataka under the Siddaramaiah Government. He is an MLA from Kanakapura constituency.

He campaigned for the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, where his party registered a comfortable victory.

Personal life

Shivakumar was born to Kempegowda and Gouramma[1] in Kanakapura[2] near Bangalore, Karnataka. He belongs to the Vokkaliga community.[3]

He has a younger brother D. K. Suresh who's also a politician.[4] Shivakumar married Usha in 1993 and has two daughters, Aishwarya and Aabharana, and a son Aakash with her. His eldest daughter is married to Amartya, son of Café Coffee Day founder V. G. Siddhartha.[5]

Political career

D.K Shivakumar started his political career in the early 1980s as a student leader and gradually rose through the ranks of the Congress party. He won his first election in 1989 when he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Sathanur constituency in Mysuru district. He was just 27 years old at the time and contested the election on a Congress ticket.[6] Shivakumar went on to win re-election from the same constituency in the subsequent assembly elections in 1994, 1999 and 2004. He won from Kanakapura constituency in 2008, 2013, 2018 & 2023.[7][8][9][10][11]

Vilasrao Deshmukh during his tenure as Chief Minister worked closely with D.K. Shivakumar when he faced no-confidence motion in 2002. D.K. Shivakumar hosted the Maharastra MLAs in his resort located in the outskirts of Bangalore for a week until the date of vote. This saved Deshmukh's govt.[12]

Just before his election to the Rajya Sabha in 2017 from Gujarat, he assisted his party leadership to move 42 Gujarat Congress MLAs into his resort in Bengaluru in order to avoid them moving to another political party. Subsequently, this helped Ahmed Patel to win election.[7][13]

He is credited with playing a critical role in the formation of the coalition government of Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka following the 2018 election.[14]

He is also a close confidante of party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.[15] Shivakumar is among the richest politicians in India. While filing his nomination for election in 2018, he declared total assets of ₹840 crore.[16]

On 2 July 2020 D. K. Shivakumar officially took charge as Karnataka PCC president succeeding Dinesh Gundu Rao.[17]

Positions held

Year Position Ref
1989 - 1994 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Prisons and Homeguards(17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992)
 [18]
1994 - 1999 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Urban Development (11 October 1999 – 20 May 2004)
 [18]
1999 - 2004 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly [8]
2004 - 2008 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly [8]
2008 - 2013 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • KPCC Working President ( 2008 – 2010)
 [9]
2013 - 2018 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Energy (11 July 2014 – 19 May 2018)
 [11]
2018 - 2023 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Major Irrigation and Medical Education (23 May 2018 – 23 July 2019)
  • KPCC President (2 July 2020 – present)
 [19]
2023- Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Electoral statistics

Year Constituency Party Result Votes Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition votes Ref
1989 Sathanur INC Won 44,595 U K Swamy JNP 30,945 [8]
1994 Sathanur IND Won 48,270 U K Swamy JD 47,702 [8]
1999 Sathanur INC Won 56,050 H D Kumaraswamy JD(S) 41,663 [8]
2004 Sathanur INC Won 51,603 Vishwanath DM JD(S) 37,675 [8]
2008 Kanakapura INC Won 68,096 Vishwanath DM JD(S) 60,917 [9]
2013 Kanakapura INC Won 1,00,007 P.G.R. Sindhia JD(S) 68,583 [9]
2018 Kanakapura INC Won 1,27,552 Narayana Gowda JD(S) 47,643 [10]
2023 Kanakapura INC Won 1,43,023 R Ashoka Bharatiya Janata Party 19,753 [9]

Controversies

On 2 August 2017, Shivakumar's residence and office in Bengaluru were raided by the Income Tax Department in connection with alleged tax irregularities. Eagleton Golf Resort in Bidadi, a town in the outskirts of Bengaluru, frequented by Shivakumar and owned by his brother D. K. Suresh, was also raided.[20] Searches were carried out by 300 officials for a span of 80 hours in 67 locations[21] across New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mysuru, Chennai and Shivakumar's hometown Kanakapura. It was revealed that ₹8 crore was seized from Shivakumar's Delhi residence and ₹2 crore from other locations. Central Reserve Police Force personnel were summoned to provide security during the raids.[22] The raid followed after 44 Members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress were hosted in the resort after a number of legislators from the party quit to join the Bharatiya Janata Party prior to the Rajya Sabha elections.[23] The raids ended on 5 August and reportedly an undisclosed income of nearly ₹300 crore was recovered.[24] He and his associates were given anticipatory bail.[25]

On 3 September 2019, he was arrested on charges of money laundering and income tax evasion. He has called the charges "baseless" and "politically motivated" done by the BJP government of Karnataka.[26][27]

Fresh ED summons have been given to him in money laundering case as more documents have been sought. [1]

References

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  2. ^ Swamy, Rohini (4 August 2017). "DK Shivakumar: The man called tiger of Sathanur". India Today. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "D K Shivakumar: Congress's trusted Vokkaliga strategist-strongman". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ^ "DK Shivakumar likely to be Karnataka Congress chief". Hindustan Times. 16 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Prabhu, Nagesh (22 April 2023). "D.K. Shivakumar | Congress's man for all seasons". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Sathanur Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Kanakapura (Karnataka) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b "KANAKAPURA ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS (2018)". oneindia.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Shiva Kumar and Roshan Baig sworn-in as ministers in Karnataka Cabinet". The Times of India. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. ^ Swamy, Rohini (11 March 2020). "Why DK Shivakumar is the Congress' choice to lead the party out of a hole in Karnataka". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  13. ^ "DK Shivakumar: The man who checkmated Amit Shah in Karnataka". The News Minute. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Cong's D K Shivakumar man of the match". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Who is DK Shivakumar? Karnataka power broker is also one of India's richest ministers". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  16. ^ "D K Shivakumar declares total assets of Rs 840 crore, a staggering jump from Rs 251 crore in 2013". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  17. ^ "D K Shivakumar takes charge as KPCC president". The Hindu. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  18. ^ a b "Meet DK Shivakumar, Congress' Last 'Resort' for Tricky Trust Votes". News18. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  19. ^ "D K Shivakumar takes charge as KPCC president". The Hindu. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  20. ^ "I-T department raids Karnataka energy minister's residence & resort where 44 Gujarat Cong MLAs staying". The Times of India. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  21. ^ "80 hrs, 67 locations & 300 officials: I-T raids on DK Shivakumar concluded". Business Standard. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  22. ^ "₹10 crore seized from Karnataka Energy Minister Shivakumar". The Hindu. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Gujarat: Congress loses 7 MLAs as four more resign ahead of Rajya Sabha election". Daily News and Analysis. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Karnataka Minister Shivakumar questioned at Bengaluru I-T office for 3 hours". The Hindu. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  25. ^ "Karnataka: Minister DK Shivakumar and associates get anticipatory bail in money laundering case". Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  26. ^ "Congress's DK Shivakumar Appears Before Probe Agency, Faces Arrest". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  27. ^ Shivakumar, D. K. [@DKShivakumar] (3 September 2019). "I congratulate my BJP friends for finally being successful in their mission of arresting me. The IT and ED cases against me are politically motivated and I am a victim of BJP's politics of vengeance and vendetta" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via Twitter.
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