D. V. Sadananda Gowda

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D. V. Sadananda Gowda
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Office Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Office Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Office Minister of Law and Justice
Office Minister of Railways
Office Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term start 14 November 2018
Term end 7 July 2021 [1]
Predecessor Ananth Kumar
Successor Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Predecessor V. K. Singh
Successor Rao Inderjit Singh



Born 1953-3-18 (age 73)
Born Mandekolu,[2] India





Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
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Children 2
Alma mater St. Philomena's College, Puttur
Vaikunta Baliga College of Law


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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.

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

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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]

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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:

  • Vice-President of SCDCC Bank, Mangalore
  • Director, SKACM Society, Mangalore
  • Director, CAMPCO, Mangalore (1991–94)
  • President, Mandekolu S.C.Society, Mandekolu, Sullia
  • Member, State PLD Bank staff Selection Committee (1989–90)

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

References

  1. ↑ Sadananda Gowda takes charge of chemicals and fertilisers ministry. The Economic Times(14 November 2018). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ↑ https://fert.nic.in/shri-dv-sadananda-gowda
  3. ↑ Manohar Parrikar gets Defence, Suresh Prabhu Railways, Sadananda Gowda shifted to Law and Justice. News 18(9 November 2014). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Caste war heats up as Sadananda isn't Gowda enough. India Today(15 September 2011). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Who is Sadananda Gowda?. India Today(4 August 2011). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Mangalore : D V Sadananda Gowda – Destiny's Child. www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ↑ About DVS | D V Sadananda Gowda :: Former Chief Minister of Karnataka. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Lok Sabha Website Detailed Profile: Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda.
  9. ↑ Moily loses to Sadananda Gowda. The Hindu(14 May 2004).
  10. ↑ DV Sadananda: The dark horse from the coast, Raghuram, M.. DNA India(29 July 2011). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  11. ↑ DV Sadananda Gowda | Karnataka | BJP | Sworn-In. oneindia.com(4 August 2011). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Sadanand Gowda: From student leader to Union minister | What you need to know. India Today(30 May 2019). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. ↑ BJP latest: Gowda out, Shettar in(8 July 2012).
  14. ↑ Jagadish Shettar, DV Sadananda Gowda elected opposition leaders. DNA India(15 May 2013). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  15. ↑ Narendra Modi government: Full list of portfolios and ministers. The Indian Express(31 May 2019). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  16. ↑ Modi 2.0 Cabinet: Here's complete list of ministers with portfolios. DNA(31 May 2019). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  17. ↑ PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers. Live Mint(31 May 2019). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  18. ↑ Sadananda Gowda to head State BJP. The Hindu(18 March 2006). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  19. ↑ Know your minister | DV Sadananda Gowda – Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers. Moneycontrol(31 May 2019). Retrieved 31 May 2019.

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