Adagur H. Vishwanath

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Adagur H. Vishwanath (2019)
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
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Alma mater University of Mysore
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Adaguru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is an Indian politician [3] from Karnataka state. He is a leader of Indian National Congress. [4] [5] He is a Nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He was the former president [6] of Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) .

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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 15th Lok Sabha and succeeded C. H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P., Vishwanath was also member of several committees. [7] [8] [9] Vishwanath quit the Congress party [10] to join the JD(S) [11] in 2017 and got elected [12] [13] [14] from Hunsur in 2018. He resigned [15] [16] [17] [18] as MLA and speaker has disqualified [19] [20] [21] [22] him from the legislative assembly on 28 July 2019. But in by-elections of December 2019 he lost [23] to H P Manjunath of Congress party. In July 2020 he was nominated [24] [25] [26] [27] to Legislative council. [28]

He is the author of book titled “Pracheena Parliamentgala Pradakshinegalu”, which is on ancient parliaments. It was released on 17 August 2024 by Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. [29] [30]

Positions held

#FromToPosition
0119781983Member, 6th Assembly
0219891994Member, 9th Assembly
0319992004Member, 11th Assembly
0419931994 Minister of State, Government of Karnataka
0519992004 Cabinet 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
0920092014 Convenor, Congress, Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka
1020182019Assembly Member, with JD-S. From Hunasuru (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
112019Joined BJP, but lost bypoll from Hunasuru.
122020Elected to Legislative Council [31]

Controversies

Operation Kamala

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 various strategies, including persuasion and financial incentives to secure support from legislators bypassing the anti-defection law , so as to take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past the majority number. [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] 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. [37]

He was one of the 15 MLAs who fell in 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). [38]

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