D. V. Sadananda Gowda

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D. V. Sadananda Gowda
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Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
In office
14 November 2018 7 July 2021 [1]
President Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Ananth Kumar
Succeeded by Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
In office
5 July 2016 24 May 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by V. K. Singh
Succeeded by Rao Inderjit Singh
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
9 November 2014 5 July 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Ravi Shankar Prasad
Succeeded by Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Railways
In office
26 May 2014 9 November 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Mallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded by Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
5 June 2014
Preceded by D. B. Chandre Gowda
Constituency Bangalore North
Majority147,518 (9.4%)
In office
22 May 2009 4 August 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded by K. Jayaprakash Hegde
Constituency Udupi-Chikmagalur
Majority27,018 (3.2%)
In office
17 May 2004 22 May 2009
Preceded by V. Dhananjay Kumar
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Constituency Mangalore
Majority33,415 (4.2%)
Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
23 May 2013 26 May 2014
Preceded byS. R. Patil, INC
Succeeded byK. S. Eshwarappa, BJP
20th Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
4 August 2011 11 July 2012
Governor H. R. Bhardwaj
Preceded by B. S. Yeddyurappa
Succeeded by Jagadish Shettar
President of BJP, Karnataka
In office
2006–2010
Succeeded by K. S. Eshwarappa
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
1994–2004
Preceded by Vinay Kumar Sorake
Succeeded by Shakunthala T. Shetty
Constituency Puttur
Personal details
Born
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda

(1953-03-18) 18 March 1953 (age 68)
Mandekolu, [2] India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Datty
(m. 1981)
Children2
Alma mater St. Philomena's College, Puttur
Vaikunta Baliga College of Law
Website sadanandagowda.com

Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March 1953) is an Indian statesman who was the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Statistics, Programme Implementation of India in the Second Modi ministry, representing the Bangalore North constituency. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka.

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He previously served as the Minister of Law and Justice, having been shifted from the Ministry of Railways in the cabinet reshuffle of 5 July 2016. [3] At the end of the previous Lok Sabha, he was the Minister of Statistics and Program Implementation. He then stepped down from his post of Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.

Early life

Sadananda Gowda was born in a Tulu Gowda family of Venkappa Gowda and Kamala in Mandekolu village of Sulya taluk in Karnataka. [4] [5] [6]

Gowda graduated in Science from Saint Philomena College, Puttur and went on to obtain his degree in law at Udupi's Vaikunta Baliga College of Law. He became active in student politics during this period and was elected General Secretary of the Students Union of the Law College. Subsequently, he became the District General Secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

In 1976, he started practising law at both Sulya and Puttur. He was a public prosecutor for a brief period at Sirsi in the District of Uttara Kannada but resigned from his position to concentrate on his political career. [7]

Political career

D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Law & Justice, in New Delhi on 10 November 2014. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Law & Justice, in New Delhi on November 10, 2014. The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar is also seen.jpg
D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Law & Justice, in New Delhi on 10 November 2014.

He began his political career as a member of the Jan Sangh. He was President of the party's Sulya Assembly segment. After the split of the Janata Party, he became a member of the BJP. Later on, he served the BJP as 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).

Sadananda Gowda was elected to the Karnataka 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 Karnataka 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. [8]

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. [9] In 2009, the party shifted him to the Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency. [10] In parliament, he was on the Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Committee on Commerce. The Government of India had appointed him as Director of Coffee Board during January 2005.

In 2006, Sadananda Gowda was appointed as President of Karnataka State BJP. He earned National prominence being the President when BJP won an assembly election for the first time in South India in May 2008. [11]

He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Udupi Chikmagalur Constituency before he became the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Sadananda Gowda was chosen as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in August 2011 following the resignation of his mentor B.S. Yeddyurappa in an illegal mining case. [12] Handpicked by Yeddyurappa, he was the second ethnic Tuluva Chief Minister of Karnataka after Veerappa Moily. As Chief Minister, he strived hard to improve the image of his party that had been tarnished due to allegations of corruption. He introduced various schemes such as Sakaala, aimed at providing time-bound services at government offices. But within a few months of becoming Chief Minister, he fell out with Yeddyurappa and was unable to unite the various factions of the party. In July 2012, he was asked to resign to make way for Jagadish Shettar when dissident activities in the party peaked. [13]

After suffering a big loss in the May 2013 elections, BJP elected DV Sadananda Gowda as the opposition leader of legislative council in Karnataka. [14]

D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on 27 May 2014 Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.jpg
D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on 27 May 2014

On 26 May 2014, Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's newly elected government. He was put in charge of the Ministry of Railways. [15] He presented his maiden budget on 8 July 2014.

On 30 May 2019, Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term government. He is put in charge of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. [16] He then stepped down from his post of Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers as directed by the prime minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021 [17]

Co-operative field

Sadanada Gowda has served in the Co-operative Movement in Karnataka in various capacities:

Labour movement

Sadanada Gowda has worked for the labour movement being the General Secretary of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Puttur Division and President of Sullia Taluk Auto Rickshaw Drivers and Owners Union.

Personal life

Sadananda Gowda married Datty Sadananda in 1981, with whom he had two sons. [5] In 2003, their elder son Kaushik, a medical student, died in a road accident near Puttur. [18] [5] Their younger son, Karthik Gowda, is a businessman. [5]

Positions held

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Lok Sabha
Preceded by
V. Dhananjay Kumar
Member of Parliament
for Mangalore

2004–2009
Succeeded by
Constituency ceased to exist
Preceded by
Constituency created
Member of Parliament
for Udupi Chikmagalur

2009–2012
Succeeded by
K. Jayaprakash Hegde
Preceded by
D. B. Chandre Gowda
Member of Parliament
for Bangalore North

2014 – Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
B. S. Yeddyurappa
Chief Minister of Karnataka
4 August 2011 – 12 July 2012
Succeeded by
Jagadish Shettar
Preceded by
Mallikarjun Kharge
Minister of Railways
26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Succeeded by
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Preceded by
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister of Law and Justice
9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016
Succeeded by
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Preceded by
V K Singh
(Minister of State with
Independent charge)
Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019
Succeeded by
Rao Inderjit Singh
(Minister of State with
Independent charge)
Preceded by
Ananth Kumar
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
14 November 2018 – Present
Incumbent