Ananth Kumar was the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs of India from 2014 until his death in 2018.
12 Facts About Ananth Kumar
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Ananth Kumar was an MP from South Bangalore 6 times, Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers from 26 May 2014, and Parliamentary affairs from 2016.
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Ananth Kumar was a member of the Parliament for over two decades, having been elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, from Bangalore South, from 1996 until his death.
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Ananth Kumar was born in a middle-class Brahmin family at Bangalore, Sheshadripuram, Karnataka, and moved to Hubli in 1979.
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Ananth Kumar's mother Smt Girija Shastry was a social worker associated with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
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Ananth Kumar served as the deputy mayor of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation between 1985 and 1986.
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Ananth Kumar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1973 and took part in the movement started by Jayaprakash Narayan the following year.
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Ananth Kumar was then made National Secretary of the party in 1996.
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Ananth Kumar was elected from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996.
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Ananth Kumar became the President of the Karnataka state unit of BJP in 2003.
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On 26 May 2014, Ananth Kumar was appointed Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the cabinet of the current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Ananth Kumar played his part in passing the GST bill in July 2017.