Ananth Kumar

H. N. Ananth Kumar


Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Venkaiah Naidu
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Srikant Kumar Jena
Member of the Indian Parliament for Bangalore South
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Preceded by	K. Venkatagiri Gowda
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Chand Mahal Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Sharad Yadav
Personal details
Born	(1959-07-22) 22 July 1959 Bengaluru, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Tejaswini
Children	2 daughters
Alma mater	Karnataka University
Religion	Hinduism
Website	ananth.org

H. N. Ananth Kumar (born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Since 1996 he has represented Bangalore South constituency in the Lok Sabha. Ananth Kumar has served as Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since May 2014 and as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs since July 2016 in the Narendra Modi government.

Politics

Having been influenced by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he was a member of its student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. During the Emergency, he was imprisoned along with thousands of other student activists by the Indira Gandhi government.^[1] He was elected as the State Secretary of the ABVP and later, became its National Secretary in 1985. He later joined BJP and was nominated as the State President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He was then made National Secretary of the party in 1996.^[1]

He was elected from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996. In 1998 he was re elected and was inducted into the Union Cabinet headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Minister for Civil Aviation. In 1999, he was re-elected to a 3rd Consecutive term and became a cabinet minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. He handled various ministries like Tourism, Sports & Youth Affairs, Culture, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.^[1]

He became the President of the Karnataka state unit of BJP in 2003 and led the state unit which became the single largest party in the Legislative Assembly and won the highest number of Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in 2004. In 2004, he was appointed as the National General Secretary of the BJP and has held that post ever since.^[1]

On 26 May 2014, Kumar was appointed Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet.^[2]

Performance in the Lok Sabha, 2009 - 2014 (Ref: http://election.intoday.in/mpreport/Karnataka/Bangalore_South.html)


MP performance Parameters (2009-2014)	Ananth Kumar
Attendance in parliament	86.40%
Questions raised	217
Funds available	19
Funds used	11.91
Number of cases	NIL
Committee membership	4
Committee attendance	34.80%
Score on committee attendance	2
Lok Sabha performance score	7.5
Voter satisfaction score	6.5

6th time MP from Bengaluru South: 20 years in continuous service of the constituency

Year	winner	Party	Losing candidate	Party
2014	Ananth Kumar	BJP	Nandan Nilekani	INC
2009	Ananth Kumar	BJP	K Byre Gowda	INC
2004	Ananth Kumar	BJP	Krishnappa M	INC
1999	Ananth Kumar	BJP	B K Hariprasad	INC
1998	Ananth Kumar	BJP	D P Sharma	INC
1996	Ananth Kumar	BJP	Varalakshmi Gundu Rao	INC

There were mid term elections in 1998 and 1999, leading to 5 terms totalling to 20 years instead of 25 years.. From these terms from 1996 to 2016, Sri Ananth Kumar has completed a glorious two decades without a break in the prestigious constituency of Bengaluru South. And incidentally, BJP as a party has held to this constituency for a silver jubilee years, (25 years) from 1991 to 2016..

Personal life

Ananth Kumar was born on 22 July 1959 in Bangalore, Karnataka^[3] to H N Narayan Sastry and Girija.^[4] He graduated in faculty of Arts (B.A) from K S Arts College, Hubli affiliated to the Karnatak University and later, completed his bachelors in law (L.L.B) from J.S.S. Law College affiliated to the Mysore University. He married Tejaswini and the couple have 2 daughters – Aishwarya and Vijeta.

References

1 2 3 4 http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=20
↑ "Narendra Modi government: Full list of portfolios and ministers". The Indian Express. 27 May 2014.
↑ http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/people/ananth-kumar-six-straight-term-mp-from-bangalore-is-minister-of-chemicals-and-fertilizers-530919
↑ "Ananth Kumar's profile". India.gov.in. Retrieved 2005. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Lok Sabha
Preceded by K. V. Gowda	Member of Parliament for Bangalore South 1996 – Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Chand Mahal Ibrahim	Minister of Civil Aviation 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999	Succeeded by Sharad Yadav
Preceded by Srikant Kumar Jena Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers 26 May 2014 – Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Venkaiah Naidu	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs 5 July 2016 – Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

External links

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Modi ministry

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi

Cabinet Ministers

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Radha Mohan Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Ananth Kumar

Civil Aviation	Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Ram Vilas Paswan

Corporate Affairs	Arun Jaitley

Defence	Manohar Parrikar

Drinking Water and Sanitation	Narendra Singh Tomar

Earth Sciences	Harsh Vardhan

Electronics and IT	Ravi Shankar Prasad

External Affairs	Sushma Swaraj

Finance	Arun Jaitley

Food Processing Industry	Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Health and Family Welfare	Jagat Prakash Nadda

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	Anant Geete

Home Affairs	Rajnath Singh

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Venkaiah Naidu

Human Resource Development	Prakash Javadekar

Information and Broadcasting	Venkaiah Naidu

Law and Justice	Ravi Shankar Prasad

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Kalraj Mishra

Minority Affairs	Najma Heptulla

Overseas Indian Affairs	Sushma Swaraj

Panchayati Raj	Narendra Singh Tomar

Parliamentary Affairs	Ananth Kumar

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Narendra Modi

Railways	Suresh Prabhu

Rural Development	Narendra Singh Tomar

Science and Technology	Harsh Vardhan

Social Justice and Empowerment	Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Space	Narendra Modi

Statistics and Programme Implementation	D. V. Sadananda Gowda

Steel	Ch. Birender Singh

Shipping and Road Transport and Highways	Nitin Gadkari

Textiles	Smriti Irani

Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram

Urban Development	Venkaiah Naidu

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Uma Bharti

Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

AYUSH	Shripad Yasso Naik

Coal	Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry	Nirmala Sitharaman

Communications	Manoj Sinha

Culture	Mahesh Sharma

Development of North Eastern Region	Jitendra Singh

Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Anil Madhav Dave

Labour and Employment	Bandaru Dattatreya

Mines	Piyush Goyal

New and Renewable Energy	Piyush Goyal

Planning	Rao Inderjit Singh

Petroleum and Natural Gas	Dharmendra Pradhan

Power	Piyush Goyal

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Tourism	Mahesh Sharma

Youth Affairs and Sports	Vijay Goel

Ministers of State

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat

Atomic Energy	Jitendra Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Civil Aviation	Jayant Sinha

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution	Chhotu Ram Chaudhary

Corporate Affairs	Arjun Ram Meghwal

Defence	Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

Drinking Water and Sanitation	Ramesh Jigajinagi

Earth Sciences	Y. S. Chowdary

Electronics and IT	P P Choudhary

External Affairs	M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh

Finance	Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar

Food Processing Industry	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Health and Family Welfare	Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	G. M. Siddeshwara

Home Affairs	Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Human Resource Development	Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha

Information and Broadcasting	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Law and Justice	P P Choudhary

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh

Minority Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Overseas Indian Affairs	V. K. Singh

Panchayati Raj	Parsottambhai Rupala

Parliamentary Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Jitendra Singh

Prime Minister's Office	Jitendra Singh

Railways	Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain

Road Transport and Highways	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan

Rural Development	Ram Kripal Yadav

Science and Technology	Y. S. Chowdary

Social Justice and Empowerment	Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla

Steel	Vishnudeo Sai

Shipping	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan

Space	Jitendra Singh

Textiles	Ajay Tamta

Tribal Affairs	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel

Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi

Urban Development	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Karnataka State

GE 2014	P. C. Gaddigoudar P. C. Mohan D V Sadananda Gowda D. K. Suresh Ananth Kumar Suresh Angadi B. Sriramulu Bhagwanth Khuba Ramesh Jigajinagi R. Dhruvanarayana Veerappa Moily Prakash Babanna Hukkeri B N Chandrappa Nalin Kumar Kateel G.M. Siddeswara Pralhad Joshi Mallikarjun Kharge H. D. Devegowda Shivakumar Udasi K H Muniyappa Karadi Sanganna Amarappa C S Puttaraju Prathap Simha B V Nayak B. S. Yeddyurappa Muddahanumegowda S P Shobha Karandlaje Anant Kumar Hegde

15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP BH CT GA GJ HR HP JK JH KL KA MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeast AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union Territories AN CH DN DD LD DL PY

Bharatiya Janata Party

Presidents	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86) Lal Krishna Advani (1986–91) Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93) Lal Krishna Advani (1993–98) Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000) Bangaru Laxman (2000–01) Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02) Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04) Lal Krishna Advani (2004–06) Rajnath Singh (2006–09) Nitin Gadkari (2009–13) Rajnath Singh (2013–14) Amit Shah (2014–present)

Current Vice Presidents	Satya Pal Malik Parsottambhai Rupala Prabhat Jha Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Renu Devi Dinesh Sharma Om Prakash Mathur Shyam Jaju Avinash Rai Khanna

Other prominent leaders	Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley Yashwant Sinha Subramanian Swamy Ravi Shankar Prasad Pramod Mahajan Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sushil Kumar Modi Himanta Biswa Sarma

Prime Ministers	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Narendra Modi

Current Chief ministers	Vijay Rupani Vasundhara Raje Shivraj Singh Chouhan Raman Singh Laxmikant Parsekar Manohar Lal Khattar Devendra Fadnavis Raghubar Das Sarbananda Sonowal

Spokespersons	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain M. J. Akbar Meenakshi Lekhi Sudhanshu Trivedi Bizay Sonkar Shastri Siddharth Nath Singh Nalin Kohli Shaina NC Sambit Patra Anil Baluni GVL Narsimha Rao Gopal Krishna Agarwal

General Secretaries	P. Muralidhar Rao Kailash Vijayvargiya Muralidhar Rao Ram Madhav Saroj Pandey Bhupender Yadav Anil Jain Ram Lal Arun Singh

Morcha	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha BJP Mahila Morcha BJP SC Morcha BJP ST Morcha BJP OBC Morcha BJP Minority Morcha BJP Kisan Morcha

Related organisations	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh Janata Party Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

Others	Hindutva Integral humanism

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