Adagur H. Vishwanath
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Adaguru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is an Indian politician[1] from Karnataka state. He is a leader of Indian National Congress.[2][3] He is a Nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He was the former president[4] of Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Career
Vishwanath has been in active politics since 1970s. He was a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for three terms, held State and Cabinet minister posts in the Government of Karnataka as member of Congress Party. In 2009, he contested 15th Lok Sabha and succeeded C. H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P., Vishwanath was also member of several committees.[5][6][7] Vishwanath quit the Congress party[8] to join the JD(S)[9] in 2017 and got elected[10][11][12] from Hunsur in 2018. He resigned[13][14][15][16] as MLA and speaker has disqualified[17][18][19][20] him from the legislative assembly on 28 July 2019. But in by-elections of December 2019 he lost[21] to H P Manjunath of Congress party. In July 2020 he was nominated[22][23][24][25] to Legislative council.[26]
He is the author of book titled "Pracheena Parliamentgala Pradakshinegalu", which is on ancient parliaments. It was released on 17 August 2024 by Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar.[27][28]
Positions held
| # | From | To | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1978 | 1983 | Member, 6th Assembly |
| 02 | 1989 | 1994 | Member, 9th Assembly |
| 03 | 1999 | 2004 | Member, 11th Assembly |
| 04 | 1993 | 1994 | Minister of State, Government of Karnataka |
| 05 | 1999 | 2004 | Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka |
| 06 | 2009 | 2014 | Congress Party Member, 15th Lok Sabha . From Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| 07 | 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on Urban Development |
| 08 | 2009 | 2014 | Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| 09 | 2009 | 2014 | Convenor, Congress, Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka |
| 10 | 2018 | 2019 | Assembly Member, with JD-S. From Hunasuru (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| 11 | 2019 | Joined BJP, but lost bypoll from Hunasuru. | |
| 12 | 2020 | Elected to Legislative Council[29] |
Controversies
Operation Kamala
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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).[30]
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