Adagur H. Vishwanath

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) .

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
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
Krishnarajanagara, Mysore State, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (from 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(till 2017), Janata Dal (Secular) (2017–2019), BJP from 2019
Spouse(s)
Shantamma
(
m. 1974)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Mysore
Sarada Vilas College
ProfessionAdvocate, agriculturist, politician

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
#FromToPosition
0119781983Member, 6th Assembly
0219891994Member, 9th Assembly
0319992004Member, 11th Assembly
0419931994Minister of State, Government of Karnataka
0519992004Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
0620092014Congress Party Member, 15th Lok Sabha . From Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)
0720092014Member, Committee on Urban Development
0820092014Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
0920092014Convenor, 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” (hybrid word from the English Operation and the Kannada Kamala meaning "Lotus" an Election symbol of BJP.) was a term coined in 2008, when the BJP was three seats short of majority to form the government in Karnataka under B. S. Yeddyurappa. Former minister and minelord G. Janardhana Reddy worked out a method to circumvent the Anti-Defection Law and secured the support of legislators needed to take BJP past the majority mark. Opposition parties alleged that the BJP is now expanding Operation Kamala nationwide, while BJP continues to deny this allegation.[26][27]

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).[28]

See also

References
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