B. N. Vijaya Kumar (October 1958 – 4 May 2018) was an Indian politician who was a

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representing

Jayanagar Jayanagar may refer to: * Jayanagar, Bihar, a town of the Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. * Jayanagar, Bangalore, a neighbourhood of the Bangalore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. ** Jayanagar metro station, a metro st ...

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. Kumar was a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, having joined in 1990.

Biography

Vijaya Kumar was born in October 1958. He completed schooling in HAL School and RV High School, and graduated in BE

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from the

BMS College of Engineering B.M.S. College of Engineering or Bhusanayana Mukundadas Sreenivasaiah College of Engineering (BMSCE) is a private engineering college in Basavanagudi, Bangalore, India. It was started in 1946 by Bhusanayana Mukundadas Sreenivasaiah and is ru ...

, Bangalore. He joined the

in 1990. He was General Secretary of Bangalore City BJP for almost 12 years. He was representing Jayanagar Assembly Constituency. He was also President of BJP for Bangalore city unit. He was elected 2 times in a row as MLA from Jayanagar Constituency. He had started many developmental projects in his constituency, including the Swacha Bharat campaign of Government of India. He died after a massive heart attack on 4 May 2018.

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