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C. H. Vijayashankar | |
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Cabinet Minister Government of Karnataka | |
In office 23 September 2010 –4 August 2011 | |
Ministry | Term |
Minister of Forest | 23 September 2010 - 4 August 2011 |
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Preceded by | Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar |
Succeeded by | H. Vishwanath |
Constituency | Mysore |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Preceded by | Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar |
Succeeded by | Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar |
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council | |
In office 15 June 2010 –14 June 2016 | |
Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1994–1998 | |
Preceded by | Chikkamadu S |
Succeeded by | V Papanna |
Constituency | Hunsur |
Personal details | |
Born | Makanur (Ranebennuru,Karnataka) | 21 October 1956
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress(2017 - 2019) [1] |
Children | 1 son and 2 daughters |
Residence | Mysore |
As of 23 September,2006 Source: |
Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar (born 21 October 1956) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mysore constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was elected member of Karnataka legislative assembly from Hunsur in 1994. In 1998,he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Mysore Lok Sabha constituency.
He was re-elected to Mysore Lok Sabha constituency in 2004 against Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar,who was the prince of Mysore Kingdom and head of the Wadiyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore between 1399 and 1950.
He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Karnataka holding the following portfolios:forest department from forest,ecology &environment department as well as small scale industries from C &I department. [2]
He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Hassan constituency in 2014 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate against former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.
He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 15 June 2010 till the end of his tenure in Jan 2016.
He resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party and joined Indian National Congress in October 2017. [3] He rejoined Bharatiya Janta Party in November 2019. [4]
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