Adagur H. Vishwanath

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is an Indian politician and former president of the Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)).[1] He is a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and a former Member of Parliament, in the 15th Lok Sabha, representing Mysore. Then a member of the Indian National Congress (INC), Vishwanath quit the party[2] to join the JD(S) in 2017,[3] and contested from Hunsur to be elected to the assembly the following year. He resigned as MLA and speaker has disqualified him from the legislative assembly on 28 July 2019.[4]

Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath
Member of Parliament
In office
May 2009 – May 2014
Preceded byC. H. Vijayashankar
Succeeded byPratap Simha
ConstituencyMysore
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Krishnarajanagar
In office
October 1999 – May 2004
In office
December 1989 – September 1994
In office
March 1978 – June 1983
Personal details
Born (1949-12-15) 15 December 1949
Krishnarajanagara, Mysore State, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (from 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(till 2017), Janata Dal (Secular) (2017–2019), BJP from 2019
Spouse(s)
Shantamma (m. 1974)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Mysore
Sarada Vilas College
ProfessionAdvocate, agriculturist, politician

Career

Vishwanath has been in active politics since 1970s. He was a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for three terms, held State and Cabinet minister posts in the Government of Karnataka as member of the INC. In 2009, he contested for 15th Lok Sabha and succeeded C. H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P, Vishwanath is also member of several committees.[5][6][7] He joined JD(S) headed by H.D.Deve Gowda on July 4, 2017.[8]

Timeline
#FromToPosition
0119781983Member, 6th Assembly
0219891994Member, 9th Assembly
0319992004Member, 11th Assembly
0419931994Minister of State, Government of Karnataka
0519992004Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
0620092014Congress Party Member, 15th Lok Sabha . From Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)
0720092014Member, Committee on Urban Development
0820092014Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
0920092014Convenor, Congress, Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka
2018 2019 Assembly Member, with JD-S. From Hunasuru (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2019 Joined BJP, but lost bypoll from Hunasuru.

Controversies

Operation Kamala
Main articles: Operation Kamala and Operation Kamala in Karnataka

“Operation Kamala” (hybrid word from the English Operation and the Kannada Kamala meaning "Lotus" an Election symbol of BJP.) was a term coined in 2008, when the BJP was three seats short of majority to form the government in Karnataka under B. S. Yeddyurappa. Former minister and minelord G. Janardhana Reddy worked out a method to circumvent the Anti-Defection Law and secured the support of legislators needed to take BJP past the majority mark. Opposition parties alleged that the BJP is now expanding Operation Kamala nationwide, while BJP continues to deny this allegation.[9][10]

He was one of the 15 MLAs fell for Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, effectively bringing down the H. D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government of Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular).[11]

See also

References
    1. "Vishwanath replaces Kumaraswamy as JD(S) Karnataka president". The Week. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
    2. Sharma, Maya (24 June 2017). "Senior Karnataka Congressman Quits Party, Says Chief Minister Arrogant". NDTV. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
    3. "H. Vishwanath joins JD(S)". The Hindu. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
    4. Resigned voluntarily, not influenced by Operation Kamala: Former Karnataka JDS chief Vishwanath
    5. "Election Results 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
    6. "Member Profile". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
    7. "Earlier Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
    8. "A.H.Vishwanath joins JD(S)".
    9. Aji, Sowmya (16 May 2018). "After falling short of numbers, BJP revisits 'Operation Kamala' of 2008" – via The Economic Times.
    10. "Congress in Pondy announces protest against "horse trading" by BJP in Karnataka, Goa". 13 July 2019 – via The Economic Times.
    11. "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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