Adaguru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is an Indian politician from

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state. He is a leader of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. He is a Nominated Member of

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. He was the former president of

unit of the

Janata Dal (Secular) {{Infobox Indian Political Party , party_name = Janata Dal (Secular) , party_logo = , colorcode = {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , abbreviation = JD(S) , president = H. D. Deve Gowda , founder ...

Career

Vishwanath has been in active politics since 1970s. He was a member of

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature ...

for three terms, held State and Cabinet minister posts in the

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as member of Congress Party. In 2009, he contested

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previous 14t ...

and succeeded C. H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P., Vishwanath was also member of several committees. Vishwanath quit the Congress party to join the JD(S) in 2017 and got elected from

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in 2018. He resigned as MLA and speaker has disqualified him from the legislative assembly on 28 July 2019. But in by-elections of December 2019 he lost to H P Manjunath of Congress party. In July 2020 he was nominated to Legislative council. He is the author of book titled "Pracheena Parliamentgala Pradakshinegalu", which is on ancient parliaments. It was released on 17 August 2024 by

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Positions held

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 Devegowda Kumaraswamy (born 16 December 1959) is an Indian politician and film producer who is serving as the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Minister of Heavy Industries and Ministry of Steel, Steel of India since 10 June 2024. He ...

-led coalition government of

and

Bibliography

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References

External links

Detailed Profile: Shri Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath
at India.gov.in {{DEFAULTSORT:Vishwanath, Adagooru Huchegowda India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Karnataka Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Politicians from Mysore Living people 1949 births Karnataka MLAs 1978–1983 Karnataka MLAs 1989–1994 Karnataka MLAs 1999–2004 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) politicians United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council