Ananth Kumar

Ananth Kumar () (born 22 July 1959) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bangalore South constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

Early life

Ananth Kumar was born on 22 July 1959 in Bangalore, Karnataka to H.N. Narayan Shastry and Girija. He graduated in the faculty of Arts (B.A) from K.S.Arts College at Hubli affiliated to Karnatak University and later completed his bachelors in law (L.L.B) from J.S.S. Law College affiliated to the Mysore University. He is a voluntary member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

He has 2 daughters - Aishwarya Ananth Kumar born Jan 30th 1990, who is an accomplished law student currently pursuing law in Pune.His youngest daughter, Vijeta was born on 15 February 1996.

Public Life

The strong man of BJP in Karnataka, in his early days was very much influenced by the ideology of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and naturally choose Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students wings. During the Emergency he was imprisoned for almost 40 days.

Very early in his life he was elected as the Secretary for the state of Karnataka and later became its National Secretary in 1985. He graduated from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthri Parishad to join its political counterpart Bharatiya Janata Party. He was nominated as the State President of BJP Yuva Morcha in Karnataka....
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