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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
| office = Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| constituency = [[Hassan district]]
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1 January 1988}}
| relations = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] (grand father) [[Prajwal Revanna]] (brother) [[H.D. Kumaraswamy]] (uncle) [[Anitha Kumaraswamy]] (aunt) [[Nikhil Kumar (actor)|Nikhil Kumarswamy]] ({{small|cousin}})
| parents = [[H. D. Revanna]] (father) Bhavani Revanna (mother)
| termstart = 7 February 2022
| alma_mater = [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] - [[Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences]]
}}
'''Suraj Revanna''' is an Indian politician and physician who is serving as a Member of [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] from [[Hassan district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-14 |title=MLC polls: JD(S) candidate Suraj Revanna wins Hassan segment |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/mlc-polls-jds-candidate-suraj-revanna-wins-hassan-segment-1060612.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=Suraj Revanna takes oath as Karnataka MLC |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/suraj-revanna-takes-oath-as-karnataka-mlc-1075724.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sood |first=Anusha Ravi |date=2021-12-14 |title=Ex-PM Deve Gowda’s grandson wins Hassan MLC seat, clan now second-largest in politics |url=https://theprint.in/politics/ex-pm-deve-gowdas-grandson-wins-hassan-mlc-seat-clan-now-second-largest-in-politics/781225/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> His political party is the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]].

== Personal life ==
He was born on 1 January 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ಶ್ರೀ ಸೂರಜ್ ರೇವಣ್ಣ |url=https://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/CURRENT/surajr.htm? |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=Karnataka Legislative Council}}</ref> He is the son of [[H. D. Revanna]], MLA, and the grandson of [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], Former Prime Minister of India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sood |first=Anusha Ravi |date=2021-11-21 |title=With Deve Gowda grandson Suraj's electoral debut, family now 2nd to Nehru-Gandhis as a dynasty |url=https://theprint.in/india/with-deve-gowda-grandson-surajs-electoral-debut-family-now-2nd-to-nehru-gandhis-as-a-dynasty/768220/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-12-15 |title=First family of politics: JD(S) has a presence in every House in Karnataka, India |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/first-family-of-politics-jds-has-a-presence-in-every-house-in-karnataka/article37958173.ece |access-date=2022-12-16 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Former [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]], [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]] is his uncle, and Suraj's younger brother, [[Prajwal Revanna]], is a member of the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency)|the Hassan Constituency]].

He has completed his [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] and [[Master of Surgery|MS]] from [[Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences]] in May 2015 and has been elected as director of Hassan District Cooperative Central Bank (HDCC).

== Political career ==
Suraj Revanna stood for election to become the [[State legislative councils of India|MLC]] of Hassan on 19 November, 2021. This marked the entry of the 8th member<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Nov 2021 |title=MLC polls: Enter 8th member of Deve Gowda family |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/mlc-polls-enter-8th-member-of-deve-gowda-family/articleshow/87877008.cms |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref> of the Deve Gowda family into electoral politics. His victory in the elections to the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] set a new record for one family's presence in all four Houses of the India legislature. His grandfather, a former PM, [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] is a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|member of the Rajya Sabha]]. His younger brother, [[Prajwal Revanna]], an engineering graduate, was elected to [[Lok Sabha]] in 2019 to represent Hassan. His father, [[H. D. Revanna|H.D. Revanna]], a former minister representing [[Holenarasipur Assembly constituency|the Holenarsipur constituency]] in the State Assembly, and his mother, Bhavani Revanna, a Hassan Zilla Panchayat member, Besides these four, two more members of the family—[[H. D. Kumaraswamy|H.D. Kumaraswamy]] and [[Anitha Kumaraswamy|Anita Kumaraswamy]]—are members of the State Assembly. He secured 2,281 votes of the total 3,478 votes polled.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==Controversy==
On 23 June 2024, Suraj Revanna was arrested for the rape of a male worker. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/jds-worker-kin-booked-for-blackmailing-mlc-suraj-revanna/article68322241.ece|title=JD(S) worker, kin booked for blackmailing MLC Suraj|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/prajwal-revanna-brother-suraj-revanna-arrest-sexual-assault-9409516/|title=Prajwal Revanna’s brother Suraj Revanna arrested for ‘sexual assault’ of party worker|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref> His brother Prajwal Revanna was arrested for sexual assault. His father H.D. Revanna was also arrested but later released.<ref>https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1208417</ref>

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[[Category:1988 births]]
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[[Category:People from Hassan]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (Secular) politicians]]
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