K. C. Kondaiah (born 10 July 1950) is an Indian politician and former member of the

Karnataka Legislative Council The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysore Legislative Council) is the upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of six Indian states with a bicameral legislature; the Legislative Assembly is the lower ho ...

, representing

Bellary Ballari (formerly Bellary) is a city in the Ballari district in state of Karnataka, India. Ballari houses many steel plants such as JSW Vijayanagar, one of the largest in Asia. Ballari district is also known as the ‘Steel city of South Ind ...

. He has served as a Member of Parliament in both the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

and

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from Karnataka.

Political career

Member of the Lok Sabha

11th Lok Sabha (1996–1998)

Kondaiah was elected to the

11th Lok Sabha The 11th Lok Sabha was constituted after April–May 1996 general elections. The result of the election was a hung parliament, which would see three Prime Ministers in two years and force the country back to the polls in 1998. Atal Bihari Vajpa ...

from the Bellary constituency in the

1996 general elections General elections were held in India on 27 April, 2 May and 7 May 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha, eleventh Lok Sabha. The elections resulted in a hung parliament with no single party having a clear majority. The Bharatiya Jan ...

. During his tenure, he was a member of several parliamentary committees, including: * Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, and Forests * Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development * Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Steel and Mines

12th Lok Sabha (1998–1999)

Kondaiah was re-elected to the

12th Lok Sabha The 12th Lok Sabha (23 March 1998 – 26 April 1999), was constituted after the 1998 Indian general election held during February–March 1998. This was the second consecutive Lok Sabha, like the 11th Lok Sabha elections that did not provide the ...

from Bellary constituency in the 1998 general elections. During this term, he was a member of the following committees: * Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence * House Committee, Lok Sabha * Committee on Energy * Z.R.U.C.C., Central and Southern Railway

Member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2002)

Kondaiah was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka in January 2000 and served until April 2002.

Karnataka Legislative Council (2001–2004)

In June 2001, he was elected to the

, and he was re-elected in June 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kondaiah, K. C. Living people Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1996–1997 1950 births People from Ballari Lok Sabha members from Karnataka Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council