V. Sunil Kumar
V. Sunil Kumar | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | H. Gopal Bhandary |
| Succeeded by | H. Gopal Bhandary |
| Constituency | Karkala |
| Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasudev Sunil Kumar 15 August 1975 Mudigere |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Priyanka |
| Children | 3 |
Vasudev Sunil Kumar (15 August 1975)[1] is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently he is serving as Chief Whip of BJP Government in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Karkala Constituency.He is 3 times MLA and know for his organization skills. When B. S. Yediyurappa elected as Chief minister of Karnataka in 2019, he was one of the aspirant for ministerial berth.Though Won 3 times, he is sidelined by BJP.
Political career
Sunil Kumar started his political career as a leader of the student wing of the RSS, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the year 2004.
In the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election he contested against the incumbent member H. Gopal Bhandary of Indian National Congress and he was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Karkala constituency for the first time. He defeated Congress candidate by a margin of over 10000 votes. .[2] Kumar lost the seat to H. Gopal Bhandary in the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election by a narrow margin of 1537 votes.[2] Kumar was re-elected to the seat in the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election by defeating H. Gopal Bhandary by over 4000 votes. Currently[when?] he is serving as the chief Whip of Opposition in Karnataka government.[3]
He was re-elected as the MLA from Karkala Constituency by defeating H. Gopal Bhandary for the 3rd time with a margin of 42566 votes on 15 May 2018.
References
- ^ "V. Sunil Kumar bio" (PDF). kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ a b Prabhu, Ganesh (1 May 2013). "Karnataka elections 2013 - Fiery Sunil takes on witty Gopal". The Hindu. The Hindu Group. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Karnataka polls: list of winners, constituency wise results". India TV. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
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