V. Sunil Kumar

V. Sunil Kumar
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
May 2013
Preceded by H. Gopal Bhandary
Constituency Karkala
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
2004–2008
Personal details
Born Vasudev Sunil Kumar
(1975-08-15) 15 August 1975
Mudigere, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Priyanka
Children 3

Vasudev Sunil Kumar (15 August 1975)[1] is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently he is serving as Chief Whip of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Karkala Constituency.

Political career

Sunil Kumar started his political career as a leader of the student wing of the RSS, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the year 2004.

In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2004 he contested against the incumbent member H. Gopal Bhandary of Indian National Congress and he was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Karkala constituency for the first time. He defeated Congress candidate by a margin of over 10000 votes. .[2] Kumar lost the seat to H. Gopal Bhandary in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2008 by a narrow margin of 1537 votes.[2] Kumar was re-elected to the seat in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2013 by defeating H. Gopal Bhandary by over 4000 votes.Currently he is serving as the chief Whip of Opposition in Karnataka government.[3]

He was re-elected as the MLA from Karkala Constituency by defeating H. Gopal Bhandary for the 3rd time with a margin of 42566 votes on 15 May 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "V. Sunil Kumar bio" (PDF). kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Prabhu, Ganesh (1 May 2013). "Karnataka elections 2013 - Fiery Sunil takes on witty Gopal". The Hindu. The Hindu Group. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Karnataka polls: list of winners, constituency wise results". India TV. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2014.


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