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Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 July 2020
ConstituencyKarnataka
Member of Parliament
In office
May 2009 – May 2014
Preceded byC. H. Vijayashankar
Succeeded byPratap Simha
ConstituencyMysore
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Krishnarajanagar
In office
October 1999 – May 2004
In office
December 1989 – September 1994
In office
March 1978 – June 1983
Personal details
Born (1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 (age 74)
Krishnarajanagara, Mysore State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (from 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(till 2017), Janata Dal (Secular) (2017–2019), BJP from 2019
Spouse
Shantamma
​
(m. 1974)​
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Mysore
Sarada Vilas College
ProfessionAdvocate, agriculturist, politician

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is a politician[1] from Karnataka state. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata party[2][3]. He is a Nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He was the former president[4] of Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) .

Career

Vishwanath has been in active politics since 1970s. He was a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for three terms, held State and Cabinet minister posts in the Government of Karnataka as member of Congress Party.In 2009, he contested for 15th Lok Sabha and succeeded C. H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P, Vishwanath is also member of several committees.[5][6][7] Vishwanath quit the Congress party[8] to join the JD(S)[9] in 2017 and got elected[10][11][12] from Hunsur in 2018 . He resigned[13][14][15][16] as MLA and speaker has disqualified[17][18][19][20] him from the legislative assembly on 28 July 2019. But in By-elections December 2019 he lost[21] to H P Manjunath of Congress party. On July 2020 he was nominated[22][23][24][25] to Legislative council.

Positions held

# From To Position
01 1978 1983 Member, 6th Assembly
02 1989 1994 Member, 9th Assembly
03 1999 2004 Member, 11th Assembly
04 1993 1994 Minister of State, Government of Karnataka
05 1999 2004 Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
06 2009 2014 Congress Party Member, 15th Lok Sabha . From Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)
07 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Urban Development
08 2009 2014 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
09 2009 2014 Convenor, Congress, Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka
2018 2019 Assembly Member, with JD-S. From Hunasuru (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2019 Joined BJP, but lost bypoll from Hunasuru.

Controversies

Operation Kamala

Main articles: Operation Kamala and Operation Kamala in Karnataka

Operation Kamala, also known as Operation Lotus is a term coined in 2008, when India's former minister G. Janardhana Reddy in the state of Karnataka, used all possible tricks (persuade, bribe, punishment, divide) to secure support from legislators bypassing the anti-defection law, so as to take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past the majority number.[26][27][28][29][30] Operation Lotus refers to "poaching" or "bribing" of MLAs and MPs of other parties by the BJP, mainly of their rival the Indian National Congress party (INC), often to form government in states where they do not have the majority.[31]

He was one of the 15 MLAs fell for Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, effectively bringing down the H. D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government of Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular).[32]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Karnataka Governor nominates five MLCs to Legislative Council". The Indian Express. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Sidelined BJP leader threatens to 'expose' Karnataka CM Yediyurappa in new book". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ Jun 23, Jaideep Shenoy | TNN |; 2020; Ist, 20:34. "Former minister A H Vishwanath will return to active politics soon: Karnataka BJP chief | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2020. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Vishwanath replaces Kumaraswamy as JD(S) Karnataka president". The Week. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Election Results 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Senior Karnataka Congressman Quits Party, Says Chief Minister Arrogant". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. ^ says, Prakash (4 July 2017). "A.H. Vishwanath joins JD(S)". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Hunasuru Election Result 2018 Live: Hunasuru Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Hunsur Election Result 2018 Live: Hunsur Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Hunsur By-Election Live Results and Updates 2019, Candidate List, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  13. ^ Jul 9, PTI | Updated:; 2019; Ist, 17:36. "14 Karnataka rebel MLAs stationed near Pune, waiting for speaker's decision on resignation | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2020. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Karnataka's 16 rebel MLAs: Who they are". The Indian Express. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  15. ^ DelhiJuly 7, India Today Web Desk New; July 8, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 00:27. "Karnataka crisis deepens as rebel MLAs refuse to withdraw resignations: Top developments". India Today. Retrieved 24 July 2020. {{cite web}}: |first3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Karnataka crisis: Who are the 15 rebel Congress, JD(S) MLAs?". The Week. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  17. ^ Jul 9, PTI / Updated:; 2019; Ist, 20:56. "Karnataka crisis: Congress seeks disqualification of rebel MLAs; one more quits | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2020. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ DelhiJuly 28, India Today Web Desk New; July 28, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 19:59. "Karnataka crisis: Speaker disqualifies 14 rebel MLAs day before Yediyurappa trust vote". India Today. Retrieved 24 July 2020. {{cite web}}: |first3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Bharadwaj, Aditya (28 July 2019). "Karnataka Speaker disqualifies 14 more rebel MLAs till end of Assembly term". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  20. ^ M, Akshatha. "Karnataka assembly speaker disqualifies 14 more rebel MLAs ahead of BSY's trust vote". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Hunsur Election Results 2019 LIVE: Hunsur Assembly Election Results, Winner, Runner-Up & Vote Share – Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Former JD(S) Karnataka unit chief AH Vishwanath who helped topple govt, nominated to upper house". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  23. ^ "AH Vishwanath, one of the 17 rebel MLAs in Karnataka, gets nominated to state legislature". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Former minister AH Vishwanath and CP Yogeshwar among 5 nominated to Karnataka legislative council". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  25. ^ "BSY keeps faith, AH Vishwanath could still be minister". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  26. ^ Aji, Sowmya (16 May 2018). "After falling short of numbers, BJP revisits 'Operation Kamala' of 2008". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  27. ^ "DH Deciphers | What is Operation Kamala 2.0?". Deccan Herald. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  28. ^ "What is Operation Kamala ? Will BJP manage a repeat of 2008?". The Statesman. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  29. ^ "'Operation Kamala' 2.0 in Karnataka: Union Minister behind efforts to bring down Congress-JDS government, claim sources". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  30. ^ Aji, Sowmya (15 May 2009). "BJP's 'poach-all' operation in Karnataka". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  31. ^ "op-lotus-in-punjab-mlas-offered-25-crores-each-aap-minister-claims".
  32. ^ "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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