Suresh Angadi

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Suresh Angadi
| image =Ambigara_chouwdayya_jayanti_procession_mp_suresh_angadi.jpg
| caption =
| office = [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Minister of State for Railways of India]]
| minister = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Manoj Sinha]]
| term_start = 30 May 2019
| term_end = 23 September 2020
| successor =[[Raosaheb Danve]],<br/>[[Darshana Jardosh]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Belagavi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Belagavi]]
| term_start2 = 22 May 2004
| term_end2 = 23 September 2020
| predecessor2 = [[Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil]]
| successor2 =[[Mangala Suresh Angadi]]
| birth_name = Suresh Channabasappa Angadi
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|6|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kanvi Karvinakoppa|K. K. Koppa]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|09|23|1955|6|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| alma_mater = Educated at S.S.S. Samiti College of Commerce, [[Belagavi]], [[Karnataka]]<br />R.L. Law College, [[Belagavi]], [[Karnataka]]
| death_cause = COVID-19
| father = Chanabasappa Angadi
| mother = Somawwa Angadi
| spouse = [[Mangala Suresh Angadi]]
| children = 2 (daughters)
| residence =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| footnotes = {{Collapsible list
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| 2001-2004 : President, Belagavi district unit, Bharatiya Janta Party,
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'''Suresh Channabasappa Angadi''' (1 June 1955{{spnd}}23 September 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of State for Railways of India from 30 May 2019 to 23 September 2020. He was [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from 2004 to September 2020. He was a leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Karnataka]].

He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Belagavi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Belagavi]] for four consecutive terms starting in 2004 ([[14th Lok Sabha]]) and was reelected in 2009, 2014, and 2019. He never lost an election. {{citation needed|date=August 2021}}<ref name="auto" />

==Early life==

Suresh Angadi was born on 1 June 1955 to Somavva and Chanabasappa in an agricultural family in [[Kanvi Karvinakoppa]] near Belgaum (later renamed to Belagavi).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=23 September 2020|title=Suresh Angadi: A giant killer who never lost an election|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/suresh-angadi-a-giant-killer-who-never-lost-an-election/story-9xk4wnDzKkELO6W54d3kgI.html|access-date=24 September 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=23 September 2020|title=Union Minister Suresh Angadi an unbeatable MP from Belagavi for four terms|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/union-minister-suresh-angadi-an-unbeatable-mp-from-belagavi-for-four-terms-892076.html|access-date=24 September 2020|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> He graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce from the S.S.S. Samithi College of Commerce in Belagavi. He also then obtained his law degree from [[Raja Lakhamgouda Law College]] in Belagavi.<ref name=":0"/>

==Political career==

Angadi began his political career in 1996 with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as the vice president of the party's [[Belagavi District|Belagavi district]] unit. In 2001 he was nominated as the president of the district unit and continued to hold that post until he was nominated as the party's candidate for the [[Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency]] in 2004.<ref name=":0"/> He defeated his opponent, the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate, and became a Member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]]. He was then re-elected to Lok Sabha from Belagavi in 2009, 2014, and 2019. He held the distinction of never having lost an election.<ref name="auto"/>

In May 2019, Angadi became [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]] and served in that position until his death in September 2020.<ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref> As a minister, he approved the [[Bengaluru Commuter Rail|Suburban Commuter Rail]] project in [[Bangalore]].<ref name=":0"/> He also signed a [[Memorandum of understanding]] (MoU) with the [[Bangalore International Airport]] for the building of a railway station near the airport that would provide connectivity to the center of the city. The station was to be built by [[BIAL]] and handed over to the [[Indian Railways]] for operations and maintenance.<ref>{{Cite news|title=BIAL, Railways in pact for Kempegowda international airport halt station|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/bial-railways-in-pact-for-kempegowda-international-airport-halt-station/articleshow/78009882.cms|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>

Some of the other projects advanced by Angadi as the Minister of State for Railways included the country's first private and the longest [[Roll-on/roll-off|'roll-on, roll-off']] freight service for goods trucks along the 682 kilometer route between Bangalore and [[Solapur]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Balasubramanyam|first=K. R.|title=Maharashtra firm to run first privately-operated RO-RO freight train between Bengaluru & Solapur|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/maharashtra-firm-to-run-first-privately-operated-ro-ro-freight-train-between-bengaluru-solapur/articleshow/77796241.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> As the Minister of State for Railways, he also introduced the direct recruitment examination to the railways in 2019, with over 4.7 million candidates appearing in the examination that was conducted in 15 languages.<ref>{{Cite news|title=47.18 lakh appear for direct railway recruitment exams|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/47-18-lakh-appear-for-direct-railway-recruitment-exams/articleshow/72257086.cms|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> In 2019, he had also signed a MoU with the [[Confederation of Indian Industry]] to drive energy efficiency and pilot projects aimed at setting up [[net-zero building]]s and mechanisms for sharing of energy management practices between the industry association and the Indian Railways. He had announced a call for 150 railway stations across the country to be [[green certified]] by 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Turn 150 railway stations 'green' by 2020: MoS Railways Suresh Angadi to officials|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/turn-150-railway-stations-green-by-2020-mos-railways-suresh-angadi-to-officials/articleshow/71112624.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>

In his 16-month tenure as the Minister of State for Railways he was credited for introducing over 50 train services just in the South Western division alone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-50-train-services-introduced-in-swr-during-suresh-angadis-16-month-tenure/articleshow/78299012.cms|title=Karnataka: 50 train services introduced in SWR during Suresh Angadi's 16-month tenure|website=The Times of India}}</ref> At the beginning of the [[COVID-19 lockdown in India]], he introduced special trains across states in India, including 31 pairs of special [[Rajdhani Express|Rajdhani express]] trains and 254 pairs of special [[Mail Express Trains Of India|mail and express trains]], aimed at enabling travel of migrant labour.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Balasubramanyam|first=K. R.|title=Labourers, small bizmen returning to big cities: Suresh Angadi, MoS Railways|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/labourers-small-bizmen-returning-to-big-cities-suresh-angadi-mos-railways/articleshow/77076998.cms|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>

He also headed the Suresh Angadi Education Foundation, which runs educational institutions across [[Karnataka]].<ref name=":0" />

==Death==
Angadi tested positive for [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] on 11 September 2020 and was initially [[asymptomatic]]. He was later hospitalized at [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi|AIIMS hospital]] in [[New Delhi]] and died on 23 September 2020 at the age of 65, making him the first Indian [[Union Council of Ministers|Union minister]] to die of COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Milan|last1=Sharma|first2=Poulomi|last2=Saha|title=MoS Railways Suresh Angadi dies of coronavirus, PM Modi remembers exceptional karyakarta|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mos-railways-suresh-angadi-dies-of-coronavirus-1724702-2020-09-23|date=23 September 2020|access-date=24 September 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Union Minister Suresh Angadi Dies Of Covid. PM, President Express Grief|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/junior-railways-minister-suresh-angadi-dies-of-covid-2300101|access-date=23 September 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Suresh Angadi death: MoS railways Suresh Angadi passes away due to coronavirus|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mos-railways-suresh-angadi-passes-away-due-to-coronavirus/articleshow/78281251.cms|first1=Milan|last1=Sharma|first2=Poulomi|last2=Saha|date=23 September 2020|access-date=23 September 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Given the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions his body was not allowed to be transported to [[Belagavi]] and Angadi was buried as per the COVID-19 protocol in the Lingayat-Veerashaiva burial ground at Sector 24, Dwarka in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Union Minister Suresh Angadi laid to rest in Delhi|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/union-minister-suresh-angadi-laid-to-rest-in-delhi-892489.html|date=2020-09-24|access-date=28 September 2020|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links==
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