N. H. Shivashankara Reddy

N. H. Shivashankara
minister of the horticulture Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 July 2013
Preceded by N. Yogesh Bhat
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Gauribidanur
Assumed office
1999
Personal details
Born (1954-09-23) 23 September 1954
Nagasandra, Gowribidanur, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Sujathamma
Children 2
Education Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Nagasandra Hanumantha Shivashankara Reddy is an Indian politician who is a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress (INC). He is the former deputy speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

Political career

Reddy was first elected to the Karnataka legislative assembly in 1999 as an independent candidate after being denied a INC ticket. Prior to this, he had served at the village council level. In the subsequent three State legislative assembly elections, Reddy contested as an INC nominee and won each time.[3][1]

In July 2013, he was elected the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly in a unanimous election upon being the only candidate to file the nomination papers.[1]

Personal life and education

Reddy was born on 24 September 1954 in Nagasandra, a village in Gowribidanur taluk,[4] (in present-day Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka) to Subhashanamma and N. S. Hanumantha Reddy. An affluent family, it consisted of multiple independence activists. Reddy holds a bachelors degree in agricultural sciences from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Shivashankara Reddy elected Deputy Speaker". The Hindu. 19 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Shivashankara Reddy is deputy speaker of Assembly". Daiji World. 18 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Belagali, Rahul (18 January 2013). "Reddys get ready for polls in Gauribidanur". Deccan Herald.
  4. ↑ "N. H. Shivashankara Reddy bio" (PDF). kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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