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Inspite of being an MP, Kumar has had Chief Ministerial aspirations and that ha s led him to clash with Yediyurappa (who then went on to become CM) on several occasions.Ī quick analysis of the MPLAD data for Ananth Kumar reveals a bulk spending, Rs. He says that he has written to the Union Minister for Information and IT in this regard. Kumar says that at present Kannada movies do good business in 10-12 districts and if dubbing is allowed, that will kill the film industry.

NIRA RADIA TAPES ON PRAFUL MOVIE

He has also leapt into the whole Kannada movie industry dubbing debate by casting his lot with the ‘anti dubbing’ lobby. However, it is not clear what has happened with regard to this issue since then. When a lot of citizens complained to Sivasailam about losing their properties to BCL, and when Sivasailam’s standard response was that they should go to court, Ananth Kumar stepped in to say that the Metro does not belong to Sivasailam, and that people should come to him and his team for addressing such problems. In a rare public event organized by Ananth Kumar and his team in 2013, he invited the MD of BCL, Sivasailam to have a citizens meet with regard to the Bangalore Metro. With respect to his constituency, Ananth Kumar seems to have taken a very interesting stance with regard to the Bangalore Metro. The nature of the questions asked with refer ence to their relevance to his constituency will be analysed in a separate article. With respect to the number of questions asked, he fares below the state and national average. He has also participated in three government bill discussions. Quite a few of these debates have been related to Karnataka. He has also been part of 42 debates which is above the state average, but below the national average. In 13 of the 15 Lok Sabha sessions, he has an attendance record of 80% and above. Kumar has an above average attendance record of 86% which is better than the national and state average. He participates in debates and discussions and his position at the central BJP leadership ensures visibility. Performance as an MP during the 15th Lok SabhaĪnanth Kumar is generally seen as the voice of the Karnataka BJP in Delhi.

He is often seen as the voice of BJP Karnataka at the national level raising key points and being part of different debates. He was re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha and during his tenure was Union Cabinet Minister for Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, Tourism & Culture, and Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation with additional charge of Rural Development (the tenure for which he was a minister for each of these ran separately).ĭuring the 14th Lok Sabha, after the UPA government came to power, the BJP was the primary Opposition party, Ananth Kumar has been the Chairman of influential committees including Coal & Steel and Finance, as well as a Member of several committees including the Joint Committee on Office of Profit, Business Advisory Committee and General Purposes Committee.įor the 15th Lok Sabha (2009–2014), he was Chairman of Committee on External Affairs, and Chemicals and Fertilizers and a member of Committee of Privileges, and Rules Committee.

It was in the short-lived 12th Lok Sabha when he first became a Cabinet Minister – Ministry of Civil Aviation, with Additional Charge, Ministry of Tourism. Since then, he has been consistently elected to the Lok Sabha. He was first elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 where he was part of two Central Committees. His next appointment was as General Secretary, BJP Karnataka Chapter, in the late 80s, when the BJP was still in its infancy, before being appointed as National Secretary, BJP in the mid 90s. Kumar began his public life as an ABVP Secretary – Karnataka, before being elevated to the National Secretary of the same organisation. Over the past three decades that Ananth Kumar has been in public life, he has held numerous positions in the BJP – at the state and the central level, as an elected official on five occasions as an MP, Union Cabinet Minister on several occasions and a member of various central committees.

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