D. K. Shivakumar
D. K. Shivakumar | |
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| President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Dinesh Gundu Rao |
| Minister for Water Resources, Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 6 June 2018 – 23 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | H. D. Kumaraswamy |
| Preceded by | M.B.Patil |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Jarkiholi |
| Minister for Medical Education, Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 6 June 2018 – 22 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sharan Prakash Patil |
| Succeeded by | E. Tukaram |
| Minister for Energy | |
| In office 11 July 2014 – 19 May 2018 | |
| Chief Minister | Siddaramaiah |
| Preceded by | K. S. Eshwarappa |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office November 1989 – May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | K. L. Shivalingegowda |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Sathanur |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | P. G. R. Sindhia |
| Constituency | Kanakapura |
| Working President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 2008–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Eshwara Khandre assumed office on 2018 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar 15 May 1962 Kanakapura, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Usha |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | D. K. Suresh Vinay K(brother) |
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962) is an Indian politician and businessman who is currently serving as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was the state minister of irrigation in the cabinet of H. D. Kumaraswamy.[1] Previously he served as the Minister of Energy in the Government of Karnataka under the Siddaramaiah Government.[2] He is an MLA from Kanakapura constituency.
Political career
Shivakumar is among the richest politicians in Karnataka. While filing his nomination for election in 2018, he declared total assets of ₹840 crore.[3]
Shivakumar is credited to 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.[4] Earlier he had hosted Maharashtra Congress MLAs during 2001 Congress crisis. 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.[5][6] He is also a close confidante of party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.[7]
On 2nd July 2020 Dks officially took charge as KPCC president </ref>[8]
Portfolios held
| No. | Head of the Ministry | Period | Portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Bangarappa | 17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992 | Prisons and Homeguards[9] |
| 2 | S. M. Krishna | 11 October 1999 – 20 May 2004 | Urban Development[9] |
| 3 | Siddaramaiah | 11 July 2014 – 19 May 2018 | Energy |
| 4 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | 6 June 2018 – 23 July 2019 | Major Irrigation and Medical Education (Additional charge Kannada and Culture department) |
Personal life
Shivakumar was born to Kempegowda and Gouramma[10] in Kanakapura[11] near Bangalore, Karnataka. He has a younger brother D. K. Suresh who is also a politician.[12]
Shivakumar married Usha in 1993 and has two daughters, Aishwarya and Aabharana, and a son Aakash with her. He belongs to the Vokkaliga community[13] and his family tradition is to pay homage to his ancestors and his late father, perform respective rituals on Ganesh Chaturthi.[14]
Controversies and Corruption Charges
Income tax raid
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.[15] Searches were carried out by 300 officials for a span of 80 hours in 67 locations[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] The raids ended on 5 August and reportedly an undisclosed income of nearly ₹300 crore was recovered.[19] He and his associates were given anticipatory bail.[20] 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.[21][22]
Illegal mining case
In 2015, the High Court of Karnataka issued a notice to Shivakumar, some of his family members, and a few granite mining companies on a PIL alleging their role in illegal mining activities in Kanakapura and Ramanagara sub-districts.[23]
Imprisoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED)
In 2019, The Enforcement Directorate summoned D. K. Shivakumar for an enquiry of him, under the Money Laundering case to Delhi. Shivakumar faced the enquiry for 9 long days and was presented to the ED court. The ED officials requested the court for giving him into their custody, accusing that Shivakumar was non-cooperative in the enquiry.[24]
The court thus granted Shivakumar to its custody and was arrested on 3 September 2019. Shivakumar was then shifted to Tihar jail from the ED office. The Congress leaders accused this arrest as a political vendetta by the BJP. Shivakumar also accused that he was treated brutally, by not even being offered a seat by the officials during the enquiry.[25]
Shivakumar proposed applications for bail, which got rejected twice. Later the ED court granted him bail on 23 October, saying that tampering of proofs by the accused is not possible and released him under certain conditions set. The bond amount was 25 lakhs Indian rupees.[26][27]
Installation of Jesus Christ statue
Shivakumar proposed and laid out a foundation to build the world's tallest Jesus Christ statue in the Kapali hill of Kanakapura.[28] This plan faced a huge opposition and was a big controversy with the accusation of religious conversion around that region was bought forward by the BJP.[29]
Several Hindu associations called for a rally in Kanakapura the hometown of Shivakumar, opposing his initiative to build the statue. RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat along with the support of the BJP led a huge rally in Kanakapura opposing this construction and quoting that Kapali hill also has a temple situated on it and is a shelter for many Hindu pilgrims.[30]
CBI Raid 2020
On 5th Oct 2020, there was another income tax raid on DK Shiva Kumar's premises. A case has been registered against Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar for collecting ₹ 75 crore as disproportionate assets.Further more, several number of cases have been lodged against him in the Court. [31]
References
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- ^ "D K Shivakumar gets energy power minister portfolio in Karnataka cabinet". The Hindu. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Cong's D K Shivakumar man of the match". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "DK Shivakumar: The man who saved Congress". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "DK Shivakumar: The man who checkmated Amit Shah in Karnataka". The News Minute. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Who is DK Shivakumar? Karnataka power broker is also one of India's richest ministers". Firstpost. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ The Hindu. 2 July 2020 [https: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/d-k-shivakumar-takes-charge-as-kpcc president/article31969273.ece https: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/d-k-shivakumar-takes-charge-as-kpcc president/article31969273.ece]. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b "Meet DK Shivakumar, Congress' Last 'Resort' for Tricky Trust Votes". News18. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Shivakumar's father passes away". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 1 January 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Swamy, Rohini (4 August 2017). "DK Shivakumar: The man called tiger of Sathanur". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "DK Shivakumar likely to be Karnataka Congress chief". Hindustan Times. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "D K Shivakumar: Congress's trusted Vokkaliga strategist-strongman". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "HD Kumaraswamy slams ED for summoning Shivakumar on Ganesh Chaturthi festival day". The Times of India. PTI. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "I-T department raids Karnataka energy minister's residence & resort where 44 Gujarat Cong MLAs staying". The Times of India. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "80 hrs, 67 locations & 300 officials: I-T raids on DK Shivakumar concluded". Business Standard. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "₹10 crore seized from Karnataka Energy Minister Shivakumar". The Hindu. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Gujarat: Congress loses 7 MLAs as four more resign ahead of Rajya Sabha election". Daily News and Analysis. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Karnataka Minister Shivakumar questioned at Bengaluru I-T office for 3 hours". The Hindu. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ https://scroll.in/latest/888991/karnataka-minister-dk-shivakumar-and-associates-receive-anticipatory-bail-in-money-laundering-case
- ^ "Congress's DK Shivakumar Appears Before Probe Agency, Faces Arrest". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Krishnaprasad (23 June 2015). "Notice to D.K. Shivakumar in illegal mining case". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "After 4 Days of Questioning, ED Arrests K'taka Congress Strongman DK Shivakumar in Money Laundering Case". www.news18.com. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "DK Shivakumar arrest: ED takes Cong leader to Tughlak Road station, supporters pelt stones in Bengaluru". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ ""I'm Back": Congress's DK Shivakumar Walks Out Of Tihar Jail After Bail". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "DK Shivakumar Is Karnataka Congress Chief, "Congrats", Says Siddaramaiah". NDTV.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "DK Shivakumar's plan for 'tallest' granite statue of Jesus hits roadblock, govt to review land". www.thenewsminute.com. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "BJP blasts Cong leader over Jesus statue". www.telegraphindia.com. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "114-ft Christ statue planned in Shivakumar bastion sparks BJP, RSS protest". www.inditoday.in. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ ""Vendetta": DK Shivakumar On ₹ 75 Crore Disproportionate Assets Case". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.