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style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 November 2018 – 7 July 2021 <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ananth_Kumar" title="Ananth Kumar">Ananth Kumar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mansukh_L._Mandaviya" class="mw-redirect" title="Mansukh L. Mandaviya">Mansukh L. 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K. Singh">V. K. Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rao_Inderjit_Singh" title="Rao Inderjit Singh">Rao Inderjit Singh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Law and Justice (India)">Minister of Law and Justice</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 November 2014 – 5 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhakar_Prabhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu">Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament,_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 June 2014 – 4 June 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/D._B._Chandre_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="D. B. Chandre Gowda">D. B. Chandre Gowda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Karandlaje" title="Shobha Karandlaje">Shobha Karandlaje</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bangalore North</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">147,518 (9.4%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 May 2009 – 4 August 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._Jayaprakash_Hegde" title="K. Jayaprakash Hegde">K. Jayaprakash Hegde</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Udupi_Chikmagalur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Udupi-Chikmagalur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">27,018 (3.2%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 May 2004 – 22 May 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/V._Dhananjay_Kumar" title="V. Dhananjay Kumar">V. Dhananjay Kumar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency abolished</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mangalore_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)">Mangalore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">33,415 (4.2%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition" title="Leader of the Opposition"> Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 May 2013 – 26 May 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._R._Patil" title="S. R. Patil">S. R. Patil</a>, INC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._S._Eshwarappa" title="K. S. Eshwarappa">K. S. 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Yeddyurappa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_Karnataka" title="Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka">Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2006–2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._S._Eshwarappa" title="K. S. Eshwarappa">K. S. Eshwarappa</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1994–2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Kumar_Sorake" title="Vinay Kumar Sorake">Vinay Kumar Sorake</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shakunthala_T._Shetty" title="Shakunthala T. Shetty">Shakunthala T. Shetty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Puttur_(Vidhana_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Puttur (Vidhana Sabha constituency)">Puttur</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1953-03-18</span>) </span>18 March 1953<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 71)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mandekolu" title="Mandekolu">Mandekolu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a>, (present-day <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>) <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Datty</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data">St. Philomena's College, Puttur<br /><a href="/wiki/Vaikunta_Baliga_College_of_Law" title="Vaikunta Baliga College of Law">Vaikunta Baliga College of Law</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda</b> (born 18 March 1953) is an Indian politician who served as the Union <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a> of India in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Second Modi ministry</a> from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation</a> of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is represented the <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bangalore North</a> constituency in the parliament from 2014 to 2024. He also held <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways" title="Ministry of Railways">Ministry of Railways</a> and other cabinet positions in the <a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">First Modi ministry</a>. He also served as the 14th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a>. </p><p>He previously served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Minister of Law and Justice</a>, having been shifted from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Ministry of Railways</a> in the cabinet reshuffle of 5 July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Reshuffle_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reshuffle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the previous Lok Sabha, he was the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Minister of Statistics and Program Implementation</a>. He then stepped down from his post of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a> ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadananda Gowda was born in a <a href="/wiki/Tulu_Gowda" title="Tulu Gowda">Tulu Gowda</a> family of Venkappa Gowda and Kamala in <a href="/wiki/Mandekolu" title="Mandekolu">Mandekolu</a> village of <a href="/wiki/Sulya_taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulya taluk">Sulya taluk</a> in Karnataka.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ITProfile_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITProfile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gowda graduated in Science from <a href="/wiki/Saint_Philomena_College,_Puttur" title="Saint Philomena College, Puttur">Saint Philomena College, Puttur</a> and went on to obtain his degree in law at Udupi's <a href="/wiki/Vaikunta_Baliga_College_of_Law" title="Vaikunta Baliga College of Law">Vaikunta Baliga College of Law</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Vidyarthi_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad">Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1976, he started practising law at both <a href="/wiki/Sulya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulya">Sulya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puttur,_Karnataka" title="Puttur, Karnataka">Puttur</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sadananda Gowda has served in the Co-operative Movement in Karnataka in various capacities:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>Vice-president of SCDCC Bank, <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a></li> <li>Director, SKACM Society, Mangalore</li> <li>Director, <a href="/wiki/CAMPCO" class="mw-redirect" title="CAMPCO">CAMPCO</a>, Mangalore (1991–94)</li> <li>President, Mandekolu S.C.Society, <a href="/wiki/Mandekolu" title="Mandekolu">Mandekolu</a>, Sullia</li> <li>Member, State PLD Bank staff Selection Committee (1989–90)</li></ul> <p>Sadananda Gowda has worked for the labour movement being the General Secretary of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Mazdoor_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh">Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh</a>, Puttur Division and President of Sullia Taluk Auto Rickshaw Drivers and Owners Union.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_%26_Justice,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_10,_2014._The_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers,_Shri_Ananthkumar_is_also_seen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_10%2C_2014._The_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers%2C_Shri_Ananthkumar_is_also_seen.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_10%2C_2014._The_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers%2C_Shri_Ananthkumar_is_also_seen.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Law_%26_Justice%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_November_10%2C_2014._The_Union_Minister_for_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers%2C_Shri_Ananthkumar_is_also_seen.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1452" /></a><figcaption>D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Law & Justice, in New Delhi on 10 November 2014.</figcaption></figure> <p>He began his political career as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Jan_Sangh" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Sangh">Jan Sangh</a>. He was President of the party's Sulya Assembly segment. After the split of the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>, 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).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Karnataka Legislative Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadananda Gowda was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lok_Sabha">Lok Sabha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lok Sabha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 from the <a href="/wiki/Mangalore_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)">Mangalore</a> Lok Sabha seat, defeating <a href="/wiki/Veerappa_Moily" title="Veerappa Moily">Veerappa Moily</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> by a margin of 32,314 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the party shifted him to the Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from <a href="/wiki/Udupi_Chikmagalur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Udupi Chikmagalur</a> Constituency before he became the Chief Minister of Karnataka.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chief Minister of Karnataka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadananda Gowda was chosen as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in August 2011 following the resignation of his mentor <a href="/wiki/B.S._Yeddyurappa" class="mw-redirect" title="B.S. Yeddyurappa">B.S. Yeddyurappa</a> in an illegal mining case.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Handpicked by Yeddyurappa, he was the second ethnic <a href="/wiki/Tuluva" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuluva">Tuluva</a> Chief Minister of Karnataka after <a href="/wiki/Veerappa_Moily" title="Veerappa Moily">Veerappa Moily</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a> when dissident activities in the party peaked.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After suffering a big loss in the May 2013 elections, BJP elected DV Sadananda Gowda as the opposition leader of legislative council in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg/220px-Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg/330px-Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg/440px-Shri_D.V._Sadananda_Gowda_taking_charge_as_the_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_27%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1473" /></a><figcaption>D.V. Sadananda Gowda taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on 27 May 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He presented his maiden budget on 8 July 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet_minister_in_Modi's_second_term_government"><span id="Cabinet_minister_in_Modi.27s_second_term_government"></span>Cabinet minister in Modi's second term government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cabinet minister in Modi's second term government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then stepped down from his post of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a> as directed by the prime minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusations">Accusations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accusations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/Me_Too_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Me Too movement">#Metoo movement</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/BJP_Mahila_Morcha" title="BJP Mahila Morcha">BJP Mahila Morcha</a> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cybersex">Cybersex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cybersex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A video clip purportedly showing Gowda in a <a href="/wiki/Cybersex" title="Cybersex">sexually compromising position</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2023, Gowda announced retirement from electoral politics, and stated that he wont be contesting in the <a href="/wiki/Next_Indian_general_election" title="Next Indian general election">2024 Lok Sabha election</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1983–1988 State Secretary, BJP Yuva Morcha Karnataka</li> <li>1994–2004 Member, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a> (two terms)</li> <li>1995–1996 Member, Cell for preparing Draft Bill on Prohibiting atrocities on Women, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government of Karnataka</a></li> <li>1999–2004 Deputy Leader of Opposition, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li>1999–2001 Member, Committee on Commerce</li> <li>2001–2002 Member, Committee for Energy, Fuel & Power, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li>2002–2003 Member, Public Undertaking Committee, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li>2003–2004 President, Public Accounts Committee, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li>2004 Elected to <a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a></li> <li>2006–2010 State President, <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a>, Karnataka</li> <li>2006–2009 Member, Committee on Commerce</li> <li>2006–onwards Member, Sub-committee of the Department Related Parliamentary standing Committee on Commerce for Special Economic Zones</li> <li>2009 Elected to <a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a></li> <li>2011–2012 Elected as 20th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Karnataka">Chief Minister of Karnataka</a></li> <li>2013 Elected as the leader of opposition of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Council" title="Karnataka Legislative Council">Karnataka Legislative Council</a></li> <li>2014 Elected to <a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bangalore North</a> and took oath as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a> in <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> cabinet</li> <li>2015–2016 <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Cabinet Minister - Law & Justice</a></li> <li>2016– <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation</a></li> <li>2019–2021 Elected to <a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bangalore North</a> and took oath as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadananda Gowda married Datty Sadananda in 1981, with whom he had two sons.<sup id="cite_ref-ITProfile_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITProfile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, their elder son Kaushik, a medical student, died in a road accident near <a href="/wiki/Puttur,_Karnataka" title="Puttur, Karnataka">Puttur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ITProfile_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITProfile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their younger son, Karthik Gowda, is a businessman.<sup id="cite_ref-ITProfile_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITProfile-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadananda_Gowda&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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