Sadananda Gowda Explained

Sadananda Gowda
Office:Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Primeminister:Narendra Modi
Term Start:14 November 2018
Term End:7 July 2021 [1]
Predecessor:Ananth Kumar
Successor:Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Office1:Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Primeminister1:Narendra Modi
Term Start1:5 July 2016
Term End1:24 May 2019
Predecessor1:V. K. Singh
Successor1:Rao Inderjit Singh
Office2:Minister of Law and Justice
Primeminister2:Narendra Modi
Term Start2:9 November 2014
Term End2:5 July 2016
Predecessor2:Ravi Shankar Prasad
Successor2:Ravi Shankar Prasad
Office3:Minister of Railways
Primeminister3:Narendra Modi
Term Start3:26 May 2014
Term End3:9 November 2014
Predecessor3:Mallikarjun Kharge
Successor3:Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Office4:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency4:Bangalore North
Term Start4:5 June 2014
Term End4:4 June 2024
Predecessor4:D. B. Chandre Gowda
Successor4:Shobha Karandlaje
Majority4:147,518 (9.4%)
Constituency5:Udupi-Chikmagalur
Term Start5:22 May 2009
Term End5:4 August 2011
Predecessor5:Constituency established
Successor5:K. Jayaprakash Hegde
Majority5:27,018 (3.2%)
Constituency6:Mangalore
Term Start6:17 May 2004
Term End6:22 May 2009
Predecessor6:V. Dhananjay Kumar
Successor6:Constituency abolished
Majority6:33,415 (4.2%)
Office7:Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council
Term Start7:23 May 2013
Term End7:26 May 2014
Predecessor7:S. R. Patil, INC
Successor7:K. S. Eshwarappa, BJP
Office8:20th Chief Minister of Karnataka
Term Start8:4 August 2011
Term End8:11 July 2012
Predecessor8:B. S. Yeddyurappa
Successor8:Jagadish Shettar
Office9:President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
Term Start9:2006
Term End9:2010
Predecessor9:Jagadish Shettar
Successor9:K. S. Eshwarappa
Office10:Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Term Start10:1994
Term End10:2004
Constituency10:Puttur
Predecessor10:Vinay Kumar Sorake
Successor10:Shakunthala T. Shetty
Birthname:Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda
Birth Date:18 March 1953
Birth Place:Mandekolu, Madras State, (present-day Karnataka) India[2]
Children:2
Alma Mater:St. Philomena's College, Puttur
Vaikunta Baliga College of Law

Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March 1953) is an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is represented the Bangalore North constituency in the parliament from 2014 to 2024. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.

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

Sadananda 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.

Political career

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).

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

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]

Lok Sabha

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 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.

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] 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.

Cabinet minister in Modi's second term government

On 30 May 2019, Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term government. He was 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]

Accusations

As part of the

  1. Metoo movement
, a former BJP Mahila Morcha member accused Gowda in 2018 of inappropriately behaving with her when Gowda was Karnataka's chief minister. She claimed that Gowda would constantly call her and invite her to meet him at his office and have lunch with him. She also claimed that Gowda touched her body parts and attempted to make physical contact with her in a variety of ways. Gowda said that he was not the CM during that period and said "Everyone knows how I am and what I am. I do not want to say anything about this to anyone right now."[18] [19]

Cybersex

A video clip purportedly showing Gowda in a sexually compromising position with an unidentified woman over a video call went viral on social media in September 2021. Gowda said that he has lodged a police complaint and alleged that the “fake, fabricated, concocted” video was “politically motivated” and said that it was created to tarnish his image.[20] [21]

Retirement

In November 2023, Gowda announced retirement from electoral politics, and stated that he wont be contesting in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. During a press conference he thanked his party leaders and seniors and said that the party had given him all opportunities in his long career, and wanted to vacate his place for youngsters.[22]

Positions held

Family

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.[24] [5] Their younger son, Karthik Gowda, is a businessman.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sadananda Gowda takes charge of chemicals and fertilisers ministry. The Economic Times. 14 November 2018. PTI. 19 October 2020. 4 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204210526/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sadananda-gowda-takes-charge-of-chemicals-and-fertilisers-ministry/articleshow/66619359.cms?from=mdr. live.
  2. Web site: Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda Department of Fertilizers. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200927232817/http://fert.nic.in/shri-dv-sadananda-gowda . 27 September 2020 .
  3. News: Manohar Parrikar gets Defence, Suresh Prabhu Railways, Sadananda Gowda shifted to Law and Justice. 10 November 2014. News 18. Press Trust of India. 9 November 2014. 18 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012905/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manohar-parrikar-gets-defence-suresh-prabhu-railways-sadananda-gowda-shifted-to-law-and-justice-725085.html. live.
  4. News: Gowda . Aravind . Caste war heats up as Sadananda isn't Gowda enough . 7 December 2019 . India Today . 15 September 2011 . en . 20 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011505/https://www.indiatoday.in/opinion/aravind-gowda/story/karnataka-sadananda-gowda-faces-caste-war-in-bjp-141190-2011-09-15 . live .
  5. News: Gowda . Aravind . Who is Sadananda Gowda? . 7 December 2019 . India Today . 4 August 2011 . en . 7 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195255/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/karnataka-who-is-sadananda-gowda-138703-2011-08-03 . live .
  6. Web site: Mangalore : D V Sadananda Gowda – Destiny's Child. www.daijiworld.com. 7 December 2019. 7 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195412/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx%3FnewsID%3D110610. live.
  7. Web site: About DVS | D V Sadananda Gowda :: Former Chief Minister of Karnataka. 7 December 2019. 2 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231002020449/http://sadanandagowda.com/about/. live.
  8. Web site: Lok Sabha Website Detailed Profile: Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110818062933/http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3979 . 18 August 2011 .
  9. News: Moily loses to Sadananda Gowda . https://web.archive.org/web/20040627013042/http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/14/stories/2004051403620300.htm. dead. 27 June 2004. Chennai, India . The Hindu. 14 May 2004.
  10. Web site: DV Sadananda: The dark horse from the coast. M.. Raghuram. 29 July 2011. DNA India. 7 December 2019.
  11. Web site: DV Sadananda Gowda | Karnataka | BJP | Sworn-In. 4 August 2011. oneindia.com. 7 December 2019. 7 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195357/https://www.oneindia.com/feature/2011/sadananda-gowda-a-genial-but-canny-politician.html. live.
  12. News: 30 May 2019 . PTI . Sadanand Gowda: From student leader to Union minister What you need to know . 6 January 2021 . India Today . en . 21 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200921030858/https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/sadanand-gowda-student-leader-union-minister-what-you-need-to-know-1538782-2019-05-30 . live .
  13. News: BJP latest: Gowda out, Shettar in. 8 July 2012.
  14. News: Jagadish Shettar, DV Sadananda Gowda elected opposition leaders . 11 February 2021 . DNA India . 15 May 2013 . en . 11 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150611021108/http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-jagadish-shettar-dv-sadananda-gowda-elected-opposition-leaders-1834894 . live .
  15. News: Narendra Modi government: Full list of portfolios and ministers . 11 February 2021 . The Indian Express . 31 May 2019 . en . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224171234/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/narendra-modi-government-list-of-portfolios-and-ministers/ . live .
  16. News: 31 May 2019. Modi 2.0 Cabinet: Here's complete list of ministers with portfolios. DNA. 7 December 2019. 12 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712075528/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-modi-20-list-of-nda-leaders-who-have-got-calls-so-far-to-join-council-of-ministers-2755204. live.
  17. News: PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers . 11 February 2021 . . 31 May 2019 . en . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602015648/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html . live .
  18. Web site: 20 October 2018. Woman alleges DVS of sexually harassing her; Deletes post later. 20 September 2021. News Karnataka. en-US. 20 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212342/https://newskarnataka.com/karnataka/bengaluru/woman-alleges-dvs-of-sexually-harassing-her-deletes-post-later/. live.
  19. Web site: 20 September 2021. On viral video, Sadananda Gowda says it's deep fake; complaint filed. 20 September 2021. Hindustan Times. en. 20 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210920032508/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/created-to-malign-image-sadananda-rejects-viral-video-101632078842162.html. live.
  20. News: Former Union minister Sadananda Gowda files police complaint against 'lewd, fake' video of him. 20 September 2021. Scroll. 20 September 2021. en-US. 20 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212710/https://scroll.in/latest/1005791/former-union-minister-sadananda-gowda-files-police-complaint-against-lewd-fake-video-of-him. live.
  21. Sadananda Gowda files police complaint over 'fake, lewd video' of him; says it is 'morphed'. 20 September 2021. The Week. 19 September 2021. 19 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210919234602/https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/09/19/sadananda-gowda-files-police-complaint-over-fake-lewd-video-of-him-says-it-is-morphed.html. live.
  22. News: Sadananda Gowda announces retirement from electoral politics . The Hindu . 8 November 2023 . 20 November 2023 . 0971-751X . 20 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231120043118/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sadananda-gowda-announces-retirement-from-electoral-politics/article67513517.ece . live .
  23. News: Know your minister DV Sadananda Gowda – Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers. 31 May 2019. Moneycontrol. 31 May 2019. 31 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190531113124/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/know-your-minister-dv-sadananda-gowda-minister-for-chemicals-and-fertilizers-4050511.html. live.
  24. News: Sadananda Gowda to head State BJP. https://web.archive.org/web/20071207175440/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/18/stories/2006031814400400.htm. dead. 7 December 2007. Chennai, India. 18 March 2006. The Hindu. 7 December 2019.