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 The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya ...

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. He also contested in

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in Karnataka before May 2023 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Background The tenure of Karnataka Legislative Assembly is scheduled to ...

in Chikballapur from BJP but lost to INC Candidate Pradeep Eshwar. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Chikballapur Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chikkaballapur in the

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as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party He was the youngest cabinet minister in the

Fourth B. S. Yeddyurappa ministry B. S. Yediyurappa formed his fourth ministry (Council of Ministers) in July 2019 in Karnataka, a state in South India, after the INC-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government collapsed due to defections to the BJP. The ministry had 33 minister ...

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

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. During the

COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Karnataka was confirmed on 8 March 2020. Two days later, the state became the first in India to invoke the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, which was set to last for ...

he was part of the COVID-19 Response team for Karnataka along with Chief Minister

B. S. Yeddyurappa Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician currently serving as the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Parl ...

and Minister of Health and Family Welfare

B. Sriramulu Ballari Sriramulu (born 8 August 1971) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Transport Department and Tribal Welfare of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He was the Minister of Social Welfare Department of Karnataka from 1 ...

and few others. He was key participant of key policy making and rapid response to the pandemic.

Controversies

Operation Kamala

He was one of the 15 MLAs who fell in Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, effectively bringing down the

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

-led coalition government of Indian National Congress and

Janata Dal (Secular) The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sudhakar, K. 1979 births Living people Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka People from Chikkaballapur Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 India MPs 2024–2029