D. V. Sadananda Gowda
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Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda ( ) is the Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka
, India. He was representing the Udupi Chikmagalur constituency
in Karnataka
in the 15th Lok Sabha
. He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 4 August 2011 after being selected as legislative party leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Karnataka. This followed the resignation of the previous Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa after being indicted on corruption charges by the Lok Ayukta of Karnataka
, Justice Santhosh Hegde..He is the second ethnic Tuluva
Chief Minister of Karnataka after Veerappa Moily
. He first came into national prominence in June 2007 when he was one of the key players in the BJP forming their first government South of the Vindyas.
ethnic group.
Gowda graduated in Science from the St. Philomena College, Puttur and then went on to obtain his degree in law at Udupi Vaikunta Baliga College of Law. He became active in student politics during this period and was elected as the General Secretary of the Students Union of the Law College. Subsequently, he became the District General Secretary of the ABVP
, the student's wing of the BJP
.
In 1976, he started practicing law at both Sulya and Puttur. He was a public prosecutor for a brief period in Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district but resigned his job to concentrate on his political career.
Gowda was elected to the state Legislative Assembly in 1994 and 1999 from the Puttur Assembly seat in Dakshina Kannada. He became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in his second term as MLA. He has served in various committees of the State legislature including the Cell for preparing Draft Bill on prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Karnataka, the Committee of Energy, Fuel and Power, and the Committee for Public Undertaking. He was nominated as the President of the Public Accounts Committee in 2003.
He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 from the Mangalore Lok Sabha seat,defeating Veerappa Moily
of the Indian National Congress
by a margin of 32,314 votes. In 2009, the party shifted him to the Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency.. In parliament, he is on the Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Committee on Commerce.
He is married to Datty Sadananda and has a son, Karthik Gowda( An engineering graduate from Nitte Engineering College). His elder son, Kaushik Gowda, who was a medical student, died in a road accident near Puttur in 2003.
, President Sullia
PLD Bank, Sullia
and also he has served as the Director, CAMPCO, Mangalore
from 1991 to 94. President, Mandekolu S.C.Society, Mandekolu, Sullia
and as the Member, State PLD Bank Staff Selection Committee in the year 1989-90.
He worked as the
President of BJP, Sullia
Constituency.
President of BJP Yuva Morcha, D. K Dist.
Vice President of BJP, D.K Dist.
State Secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha from 1983 to 1988.
State Secretary, BJP, Karnataka
in the Year 2003-2004.
President, Sullia
Taluk, Auto Ricksha Drivers and Owners Union.
Member of the Cell for preparing Draft Bill on prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Karnataka.
Member of the Committee of Energy, Fuel and Power formed by the speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the year 2001-02.
Member of the Committee for Public Undertaking in the year 2002-03 and in the year 2003-04. He was nominated as the President of the Public Accounts Committee.
He had distributed more than 3,500 Ashraya Houses in his tenure as the Chairman of Ashraya Samithi.
And also he had sanctioned more than 17,000 files to the applicants in his position as the Chairman of Akrama-Sakrama Samithi.
Puttur Taluk, Panchayath had ‘won the first place in development ‘works in the state revel during B.J.P Administration under his guidance.
A new feather was added to his cap when he led an agitation for support price of Areca.
He is interested in Yakshagana, Folk Arts of Dakshina Kannada and also in Shuttle Badminton and Tennis.
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, India. He was representing the Udupi Chikmagalur constituency
Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency, spread over Udupi and Chikmagalur districts, came into existence following the implementation of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008,...
in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
in the 15th Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
. He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 4 August 2011 after being selected as legislative party leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
Karnataka. This followed the resignation of the previous Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa after being indicted on corruption charges by the Lok Ayukta of Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
, Justice Santhosh Hegde..He is the second ethnic Tuluva
Tuluva
The Tuluva -Geographic Distribution :Though most of the Tuluva population is found in the Tulu Nadu region, migrant poplulations are found the world over. In recent times, the first period of migration started at the beginning of the 20th century to places such as Mumbai and Chennai and other...
Chief Minister of Karnataka after Veerappa Moily
Veerappa Moily
Moodbidri Veerappa Moily is the current Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009. He currently serves as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh...
. He first came into national prominence in June 2007 when he was one of the key players in the BJP forming their first government South of the Vindyas.
Early life
Sadananda Gowda was born in 1953 to Venkappa Gowda and Kamala of Mandekolu Village in Sulya taluk. The family belongs to the Tulu GowdaKodagu Gowda
Arebhashe gowdas or Kodagu Gowdas and Tulu Gowdas are the major ethnic group in the Kodagu and some parts of Dakshina Kannada...
ethnic group.
Gowda graduated in Science from the St. Philomena College, Puttur and then went on to obtain his degree in law at Udupi Vaikunta Baliga College of Law. He became active in student politics during this period and was elected as the General Secretary of the Students Union of the Law College. Subsequently, he became the District General Secretary of the ABVP
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad , is an all India student organization working in the field of education. ABVP was founded in 1948 and formally registered on 9 July 1949.-History:...
, the student's wing of the BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
.
In 1976, he started practicing law at both Sulya and Puttur. He was a public prosecutor for a brief period in Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district but resigned his job to concentrate on his political career.
Political career
He began his political career as a member of the erstwhile Jan Sangh, was President of the party's Sulya Assembly segment, Dakshina Kannada BJP Yuva Morcha President, Dakshina Kannada BJP Vice-President, State BJP Yuva Morcha Secretary (1983-88), State BJP Secretary (2003-04) and National Secretary of the party (2004).Gowda was elected to the state Legislative Assembly in 1994 and 1999 from the Puttur Assembly seat in Dakshina Kannada. He became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in his second term as MLA. He has served in various committees of the State legislature including the Cell for preparing Draft Bill on prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Karnataka, the Committee of Energy, Fuel and Power, and the Committee for Public Undertaking. He was nominated as the President of the Public Accounts Committee in 2003.
He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 from the Mangalore Lok Sabha seat,defeating Veerappa Moily
Veerappa Moily
Moodbidri Veerappa Moily is the current Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009. He currently serves as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh...
of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
by a margin of 32,314 votes. In 2009, the party shifted him to the Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency.. In parliament, he is on the Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Committee on Commerce.
He is married to Datty Sadananda and has a son, Karthik Gowda( An engineering graduate from Nitte Engineering College). His elder son, Kaushik Gowda, who was a medical student, died in a road accident near Puttur in 2003.
Co-operative Field
D.V. has distinguished himself in various capacities in the Co-operative movement. He was the Vice President of SCDCC Bank, Mangalore. Director, SKACM Society, MangaloreMangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
, President Sullia
Sullia
Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...
PLD Bank, Sullia
Sullia
Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...
and also he has served as the Director, CAMPCO, Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
from 1991 to 94. President, Mandekolu S.C.Society, Mandekolu, Sullia
Sullia
Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...
and as the Member, State PLD Bank Staff Selection Committee in the year 1989-90.
Political Field
It is the field of politics that D.V. was able to catch the imagination of the whole State. He started his political career as an ordinary member of erstwhile Janasangha.He worked as the
President of BJP, Sullia
Sullia
Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...
Constituency.
President of BJP Yuva Morcha, D. K Dist.
Vice President of BJP, D.K Dist.
State Secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha from 1983 to 1988.
State Secretary, BJP, Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
in the Year 2003-2004.
Labour Movement
D.V. has endeavoured himself among the working class by actually taking up their just causes. He was the General Secretary of Bharathiya Majdur Sangha of Puttur Division.President, Sullia
Sullia
Sullia is a taluk in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is a small town, surrounded with evergreen wooded mountains in the Western Ghats range in South India. Sullia has plantations of rubber, areca nut, coconut, cashew nut, black pepper and banana...
Taluk, Auto Ricksha Drivers and Owners Union.
As MLA
D. V. having conntested as a candidate in the year 1989, got elected as MLA in the year 1994. Again he retained his seat in 1999. During his second stint he became the Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. During his tenure as MLA fie held different positions such as,Member of the Cell for preparing Draft Bill on prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Karnataka.
Member of the Committee of Energy, Fuel and Power formed by the speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the year 2001-02.
Member of the Committee for Public Undertaking in the year 2002-03 and in the year 2003-04. He was nominated as the President of the Public Accounts Committee.
He had distributed more than 3,500 Ashraya Houses in his tenure as the Chairman of Ashraya Samithi.
And also he had sanctioned more than 17,000 files to the applicants in his position as the Chairman of Akrama-Sakrama Samithi.
Puttur Taluk, Panchayath had ‘won the first place in development ‘works in the state revel during B.J.P Administration under his guidance.
A new feather was added to his cap when he led an agitation for support price of Areca.
As MP
D.V.’s perserverance finally paid rich dividends. When he got elected as Member of Parliament and also, he is identified as the national leader when he was presented with the responsibility of National Secretary of Bharathiya Janata Party, after he was elected as Member of Parliament. He was given the responsibility to manage the Party Matters relating to Goa State. Govt of India had appointed him as Director of Coffee Board during January 2005. And the BJP made him the State President for Karnataka State during March 2006. His work in bringing unity in the party made him re-elected and took over the charge of State President of BJP during March 2007.He is interested in Yakshagana, Folk Arts of Dakshina Kannada and also in Shuttle Badminton and Tennis.
Positions held
- 1994-2004 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly (two terms)
- 1995-1996 Member, Cell for preparing Draft Bill on Prohibiting atrocities on Women, Government of Karnataka
- 2001-2002 Member, Committee for Energy, Fuel & Power, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- 2002-2003 Member, Public Undertaking Committee, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- 2003-2004 President, Public Accounts Committee, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- 1999-2004 Deputy Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- Member, Committee on Commerce
- National Secretary, BJP
- 1983-1988 State Secretary, BJP Yuva Morcha, Karnataka
- 2004-2006 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
- 2006-Present State President, BJP, Karnataka
- 5 August 2006-onwards Member, Committee on Commerece
- 18 January 2006-onwards Member, Sub-committee of the Department Related Parliamentary
- Standing Committee on Commerce for Special Economic Zones
- 5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Commerce
- 2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
- Elected as 26th Chief minister of Karnataka.