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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:C.T. Ravi (cropped).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chikkamagaluru district|Chikkamagaluru]], [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]), [[India]])
| office = National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
| president = [[J. P. Nadda]]
| term_start = 26 September 2020
| term_end =
| office1 = Minister of Tourism [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start1 = 20 August 2019
| term_end1 = 4 October 2020
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| predecessor1 = [[S. R. Mahesh]]
| successor1 = [[C. P. Yogeeshwara]]
| office2 = Minister of Kannada & Culture [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start2 = 20 August 2019
| term_end2 = 4 October 2020
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| predecessor2 = [[D. K. Shivakumar]]
| successor2 = [[Arvind Limbavali]]
| office3 = Minister of Youth Empowerment & Sports [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start3 = 10 February 2020
| term_end3 = 4 October 2020
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| predecessor3 = [[K. S. Eshwarappa]]
| successor3 = [[Narayana Gowda]]
| office4 = Minister of Sugarcane Development & Sugar [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start4 = 27 September 2019
| term_end4 = 10 February 2020
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| predecessor4 = [[R. B. Timmapur]]
| successor4 = [[Arbail Shivaram Hebbar]]
| office5 = Minister of Higher Education [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start5 = 12 July 2012
| term_end5 = 13 May 2013
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5 = [[Jagadish Shettar]]
| predecessor5 = [[V. S. Acharya]]
| successor5 = [[R. V. Deshpande]]
| constituency6 = [[Chikmagalur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]]
| office6 = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start6 = 2004
| term_end6 =
| predecessor6 = [[C. R. Sageer Ahamed]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Pallavi
| children = Samarth Surya, Sarthak Surya
| website = {{url|http://www.ctravi.org/|ctravi.org}}
}}

'''Chikkamagaravalli Thimme Gowda Ravi''' (born 18 July 1967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravi C. T. bio|url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/155.pdf|publisher=kla.kar.nic.in|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> is an Indian politician who is the current National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and four-time legislator from [[Chikmagalur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]] Constituency of Karnataka State. He was a cabinet minister in the [[Government of Karnataka]] and currently is the National General secretary of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He resigned to his post as the cabinet minister after being appointed as the National General secretary of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-10-04|title=Karnataka Minister C.T. Ravi tenders resignation after appointment as BJP General Secretary|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-minister-ct-ravi-tenders-resignation-after-appointment-as-bjp-general-secretary/article32764879.ece|access-date=2020-11-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Politics==
Ravi is a four-time legislator from Chiikamagaluru assembly seat of Karnataka. He is known for making openly communal statements against Muslims, and has been at the forefront of [[Hindutva]] movement in coastal Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/karnataka-minister-ct-ravi-godhra-like-situation-protests|title = Karnataka Minister C.T. Ravi Warns Protesting Muslims of 'Godhra-Like' Situation}}</ref>
===Early political career ===
Ravi was a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] Karnataka Yuva Morcha (the party Youth Wing) President. Later, [[Rajnath Singh]] made him Special Invitee and he went on to become the State General Secretary of the party. He also represented the party in press conferences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CT Ravi to look after Karnataka BJP|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/oct/09/ct-ravi-to-look-after-state-bjp-2207846.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

===Elections===
He unsuccessfully contested against C. R. Sageer Ahamed of Congress in 1999 [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] elections. He lost by 982 votes. On 20 August 2019, he was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government Led by B.S. Yediyurappa.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-10-20|title=BJP's role will be crucial in Southern States: C.T. Ravi|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjps-role-will-be-crucial-in-southern-states-ct-ravi/article32903496.ece|access-date=2020-11-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, C. T. Ravi defeated C. R. Sageer Ahamed by a margin of more than 25,000 Votes in [[Chikmagalur (Vidhana Sabha constituency) |Chikmagalur]], thus marking C. T. Ravi's entry to Karnataka Legislature.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-04|title=Karnataka Minister CT Ravi Quits Cabinet Days after Being Appointed BJP General Secretary|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/karnataka-minister-ct-ravi-quits-cabinet-days-after-being-appointed-bjp-general-secretary-2932339.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
Previously he was in Congress party

When Karnataka Legislative Assembly was dissolved in 2007 and Karnataka went to polls in April–May 2008, he was again fielded by BJP from [[Chikmagalur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]] Constituency and won.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/ministry.htm|access-date=2020-11-06|website=www.kla.kar.nic.in}}</ref>

In the recent concluded Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, C. T. Ravi won from [[Chikmagalur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur]] Constituency with a margin of 10,000+ Votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/karnatka2008/candidate.php?candidate_id=1238|title=C.T RAVI(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Chikmagalur(CHIKKAMANGALUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chickamagalurcity.gov.in/representatives |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802033533/http://www.chickamagalurcity.gov.in/representatives |archive-date=2 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Minister For Karnataka government ===

In 2012 he was named Higher Education Minister. In the post he dealt with [[Dakshina Kannada]], [[Chikkamagaluru district]] education and other development projects and he is currently serving as the Minister of Tourism and Kannada language in the [[Fourth B. S. Yeddyurappa ministry]] and was also Minister of Sports and Youth from 2017 and resigned on 4 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-20|title=Karnataka BJP cabinet expansion Updates: Governor Vajubhai Vala administers oath to 17 MLAs as ministers - Politics News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/karnataka-bjp-cabinet-expansion-live-updates-bs-yediyurappa-to-add-17-new-ministers-oath-taking-today-rebel-congress-mlas-governor-vajubhai-vala-7190121.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-04|title=Karnataka Minister CT Ravi Quits Cabinet Days after Being Appointed BJP General Secretary|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/karnataka-minister-ct-ravi-quits-cabinet-days-after-being-appointed-bjp-general-secretary-2932339.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>

When addressing party workers in Chikkamagalur, Ravi made derogatory statements. In Kannada, he associated those who resist or do not vote for Modi to a word that belittles women on April 14, 2019. The committee led by State Women's Congress President Dr. B. Pushpa Amarnath complained to the [[National Commission for Women]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Belittling Women: Mahila Congress to file plaint against C T Ravi {{!}} Mangaluru News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/belittling-women-mahila-congress-to-file-plaint-against-c-t-ravi/articleshow/68908285.cms|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bharathi|first=Vartha|title=Case against CT Ravi over derogatory remark belittling women|url=https://english.varthabharati.in/karnataka/case-against-ct-ravi-over-derogatory-remark-belittling-women|access-date=2021-01-27|website=english.varthabharati.in|language=en}}</ref>

== Legal proceedings==
=== 2011 land scam case ===
An FIR was filed against Ravi by Lokayukta police for allegedly involving in a land scam after a complaint from a municipal councillor. The complainant claimed that Ravi got allotted three civic amenities sites in his wife's name in favour of the Anjaneya Education Society, run by his relatives by giving fake documents for ₹12.09 lakh while the market value was over ₹5 crore.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Mangalore Today {{!}} Latest headlines of mangalore, udupi - Page FIR-filed-against-BJP-MLA-C-T-Ravi|url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/headlines/FIR-filed-against-BJP-MLA-C-T-Ravi.html|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.mangaloretoday.com}}</ref> However authorities claimed that there was no education society registered in the name of his wife and he got the land for a school which did not even exist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|title=Chickmagalur MLA CT Ravi is in land scam - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/chickmagalur-mla-ct-ravi-is-in-land-scam-he-allegedly-got-allotted-three-civic-amenities-sites-in-chickmagalur-from-karnataka-housing-board-khb-to-start-a-school-in-his-wife-pallavis-name-records-with-toi-show-the-authorities-claiming-that-there-was-no-education-society-registered-in-the-name-of-pallavi-he-got-the-land-for-a-nonexistent-school/articleshow/10754651.cms|access-date=2021-03-23|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

The complainant also accused Ravi of getting two other residential sites allotted in his wife’s name in Chikamagalur "using his position as an MLA, by adopting backdoor methods".<ref name=":2" />

=== 2012 Disproportionate assets case ===
In 2012, a RTI activist A.C. Kumar of Chikkamagaluru filed a private lawsuit blaming Ravi of having assets disproportionally large to his documented revenue sources from 2004 to 2010. He stated that in this period, his known revenue sources were ₹ 49 lakh, while his assets were ₹ 3.18 crore. In 2015, the Supreme Court gave guidelines regulating petitioners to file affidavits in support of their allegations or complaints, Ravi asked the high court to dismiss the whole prosecution on the basis that the petitioner did not file an affidavit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HC sends back assests case against Ravi to special court|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/nov/07/hc-sends-back-assests-case-against-ravi-to-special-court-2220445.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> In order to give the petitioner, AC Kumar, a chance to file an affidavit in support of his accusations made against Ravi, the high court sent the case back to the special court.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-11-06|title=Karnataka HC sets aside assets probe ordered against C.T. Ravi|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/karnataka-hc-sets-aside-assets-probe-ordered-against-ct-ravi/article33042046.ece|access-date=2021-01-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-06|title=DA case against CT Ravi: HC remands matter to trial court|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/da-case-against-ct-ravi-hc-remands-matter-to-trial-court-912284.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
About 30 lecturers staged protest against Ravi in a resort in [[Yalahanka]] where Ravi was staying on August 2015 claiming that he had cheated them of their money. The protestors claimed that Ravi who was higher education minister collector money from them promising permanent jobs in aided diploma colleges. They claimed that they had lost both their money and jobs and demanded a refund . They also raised slogans against Ravi. The BJP leaders quickly jolted the protesters inside the resort when they saw media persons approaching.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengaluru: MLA C T Ravi accused of collecting money from teachers, cheating|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=348335|access-date=2021-03-23|website=www.daijiworld.com|language=en}}</ref>
===Hate Speeches===
C T Ravi received a notice from the Election Commission for his 'inflammatory' speech at the Sakleshpur election rally in [[Hassan district]] on 6 April 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CT Ravi gets EC notice for hate speech|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2009/apr/30/ct-ravi-gets-ec-notice-for-hate-speech-45354.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

The Karnataka High Court on March 2018 ordered issuance of notices to Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde and MLA C.T. Ravi alleging that the two BJP leaders made provocative speeches inciting communal violence during November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/090318/hate-speech-karnataka-high-court-notice-to-anant-hegde-ct-ravi.html|title = Hate speech: Karnataka High Court notice to Anant Hegde, CT Ravi|date = 9 March 2018}}</ref>

=== Car wreck incident ===
Two youngsters were killed and three others were injured when an SUV car in which C.T. Ravi was travelling crashed into two cars parked by the side of the road on [[Tumakuru district]] on February 19, 2019. One of the drivers of the cars that were hit claimed that Ravi threatened him.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhuvaneshwari|first=S.|date=2019-02-20|title=Two killed as MLA C.T. Ravi's vehicle rams into cars|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/two-killed-as-mla-ct-ravis-vehicle-rams-into-cars/article26315053.ece|access-date=2021-03-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The locals blamed Ravi for the wreck, claiming that he was driving the car himself at a very high speed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Two killed as BJP MLA CT Ravi's SUV rams into parked car in Karnataka - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/two-killed-as-bjp-mlas-suv-rams-into-parked-car-in-karnataka/articleshow/68058252.cms|access-date=2021-03-21|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Though reports also stated that Ravi was driving the car while drunk, Karnataka BJP's state unit claimed that Ravi was not driving the car.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-02-19|title=2 killed after K'taka BJP MLA CT Ravi's car rams into parked vehicles|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/2-killed-after-k-taka-bjp-mla-ct-ravi-s-car-rams-parked-vehicles-96968|access-date=|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> The police booked Ravi's driver on charges of rash and negligent driving. Many locals accused Ravi of not respecting the sentiments of families of the deceased.<ref name=":0" /> Relatives and friends of the dead staged a protest against Ravi on the hospital premises demanding justice.<ref name=":1" />

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/The-cabinet-meet-gave-nod-for-seven-new-government-medical-colleges-Kodagu-Tumkur-Chitradurga-Chamarajnagar-Gadag-Koppal-and-Haveri-Two-new-government-engineering-colleges-were-also-approved-in-Devadurga-in-Raichur-and-Chikamagalur-/articleshow/16866618.cms/ The Times Of India]
* [https://archive.today/20130629121756/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-15/mangalore/33216073_1_ct-ravi-fertile-land-mangalore/ Times Of India]
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->MN Shenoy at 06:36, 10 January 2022