K. Sudhakar (politician)

Keshavareddy Sudhakar is an Indian politician and also he was Ex-Minister of Medical Education and Health of Karnataka from 6 February 2020 to 13 May 2023. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chikkaballapur in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress and later was re-elected to the house in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3][4] He also contested in 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in Chikballapur from BJP but lost to INC Candidate Pradeep Eshwar.

K. Sudhakar
Cabinet Minister
Government of Karnataka
In office
6 February 2020 – 13 May 2023
Ministry
Term
Minister of Health & Family Welfare12 October 2020 - 13 May 2023
Minister of Medical Education6 February 2020 - 13 May 2023
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
2013–2023
Preceded byK. P. Bache Gowda
Succeeded byPradeep Eshwar
ConstituencyChikballapur
Minister in-charge of Chikkaballapur District
In office
April 2020 – May 2023
Personal details
Born (1973-06-27) 27 June 1973
Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata party
(2019–)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(2013-2019)
SpousePreethi
Children3
ResidenceSadashivanagar, Bangalore
EducationM.B.B.S at Sri Siddhartha Medical College


He was the youngest cabinet minister in the Fourth B. S. Yeddyurappa ministry being only 46 years old at the time of taking charge, serving as the Minister of Medical education from Health and Family Welfare Department. He was again sworn-in as a minister in the Basavaraj Bommai ministry.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka he was part of the COVID-19 Response team for Karnataka along with Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa and Minister of Health and Family Welfare B. Sriramulu and few others. He was key participant of key policy making and rapid response to the pandemic.[5]

Controversies

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

Operation Kamala, also known as Operation Lotus is a term coined in 2008, when India's former minister G. Janardhana Reddy in the state of Karnataka, used all possible tricks (persuade, bribe, punishment, divide) to secure support from legislators bypassing the anti-defection law, so as to take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past the majority number.[6][7][8][9][10] Operation Lotus refers to "poaching" or "bribing" of MLAs and MPs of other parties by the BJP, mainly of their rival the Indian National Congress party (INC), often to form government in states where they do not have the majority.[11]

He was one of the 15 MLAs who fell in 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).[12]

References
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    2. Madhuri (15 May 2018). "Karnataka MLA's List 2018: Full List of Winners From BJP, Congress, JDS and More". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
    3. "Disqualified Karnataka MLAs, barring Roshan Baig, join BJP". The Economic Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
    4. "Rebel Karnataka MLAs barring Roshan Baig to join BJP after SC allows them to contest bypolls". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
    5. "Karnataka government forms rapid response teams to contain coronavirus". 4 March 2020.
    6. Aji, Sowmya (16 May 2018). "After falling short of numbers, BJP revisits 'Operation Kamala' of 2008". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
    7. "DH Deciphers | What is Operation Kamala 2.0?". Deccan Herald. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
    8. "What is Operation Kamala ? Will BJP manage a repeat of 2008?". The Statesman. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
    9. "'Operation Kamala' 2.0 in Karnataka: Union Minister behind efforts to bring down Congress-JDS government, claim sources". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
    10. Aji, Sowmya (15 May 2009). "BJP's 'poach-all' operation in Karnataka". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
    11. "op-lotus-in-punjab-mlas-offered-25-crores-each-aap-minister-claims".
    12. "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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