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| residence          = [[Bengaluru]]
| residence          = [[Bengaluru]]
| office2            = Minister of Youth Empowerment and Sports <br>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| office1        = Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start2        = 27 September 2019
| term_start1    = 20 August 2019
| term_end2          = 10 February 2020
| term_end1      =  14 April 2022
| predecessor2        = Rahim Khan, INC
| 1blankname1    = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| successor2          = [[C. T. Ravi]]
| 1namedata1    = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]<br/>[[Basavaraj Bommai]]
| office5             = President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], Karnataka
| predecessor1  = [[Krishna Byre Gowda]]
| term_start5         = 2 Januaray 2010
| term_start2    = 12 July 2012
| term_end5           = 11 July 2012
| term_end2      = 13 May 2013
| predecessor5       = [[D V Sadananda Gowda]]
| 1blankname2    = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| successor5         = [[Prahlad Joshi]]
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| predecessor2  = [[Jagadish Shettar]]
| term_start          = 26 August 2019
| successor2    = [[H. K. Patil]]
| predecessor        = [[Krishna Byre Gowda]]
| office3        = Minister of Youth Empowerment & Sports<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
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| office3            = [[Leader of the Opposition|Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| term_end3      = 10 February 2020
| Chief Minister3     = [[D.V.Sadananda Gowda]]
| 1blankname3    = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| term_start3        = 13 July 2014
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| term_end3          = 29 May 2018
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| predecessor3        = [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]], (BJP)
| successor3    = [[C. T. Ravi]]
| successor3          = [[Kota Srinivas Poojary]]
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| office1            = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka|6th]] [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
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| term_end1          = 12 May 2013
| alongside4    = [[R. Ashoka]]
| successor1          = [[G. Parameshwara]]
| successor4    = [[G. Parameshwara]]
| predecessor1        = [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]]
| predecessor4  = [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]]
| office4            = Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
| office5       = Minister of Revenue<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start4        = 26 Aug 2019
| term_start5   = 12 July 2012
| predecessor4        = K. B. Prasanna Kumar
| term_end5     = 13 May 2013
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| predecessor5   = [[G. Karunakara Reddy]]
| successor5     = [[Srinivasa Prasad]]
| office6        = Minister of Energy<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start6    = 30 May 2008
| term_end6      = 28 January 2010
| 1blankname6    = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata6    = [[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| predecessor6  = [[H. D. Revanna]]
| successor6    = [[Shobha Karandlaje]]
| office7        = Minister of Major & Medium Irrigation<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start7    = 18 February 2006
| term_end7      = 8 October 2007
| 1blankname7    = [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata7     = [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| predecessor7  = [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
| successor7    = [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
| office8        = [[List of leaders of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council|Leader of the Opposition<br/>Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| term_start8    = 13 July 2014
| term_end8      = 29 May 2018
| predecessor8  = [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]
| successor8    = [[Kota Srinivas Poojary]]
| office9        = [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka|President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka]]
| term_start9    = 2 January 2010
| term_end9      = 11 July 2012
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| successor9    = [[Prahlad Joshi]]
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| term_end10    = 15 May 2018
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| predecessor11  = K. B. Prasanna Kumar
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| term_end12    = 2013
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'''Kuruba<ref>oneindia}}</ref> Sharanappa<ref>Myneta}}</ref> Eshwarappa''' (born 10 June 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=City today|url=https://citytoday.news/supporterscelebrate-birthday-of-minister-eshwarappa/|access-date=|website=}}</ref> is an Indian senior [[BJP]] [[politician]] who is the current Minister of State for Rural development and Panchayat Raj of [[Karnataka]]. He is a senior leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Karnataka]]. He was the seventh Deputy Chief minister in the BJP government headed by [[Jagadish Shettar]] from 2012 to 2013. On 20 August 2019 he was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP government led by B.S. Yediyurappa. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] (2014-2018).
'''K. S. Eshwarappa''' (born 10 June 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=City today|url=https://citytoday.news/supporterscelebrate-birthday-of-minister-eshwarappa/|access-date=|website=}}</ref> is an Indian senior [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] [[politician]] who was Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj of [[Karnataka]] from 20 August 2019 to 14 April 2022. He was the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 12 July 2012 to 12 May 2013. He was Minister of State for Rural development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 26 July 2021. He is a senior leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in Karnataka. He was the seventh Deputy Chief minister in the BJP government headed by [[Jagadish Shettar]] from 2012 to 2013. On 20 August 2019 he was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP government led by B.S. Yediyurappa. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] (2014-2018).


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
K. S. Eshwarappa was born in [[Bellary]]. His father Sharanappa and mother Bassamma moved to [[Shimoga]] in the early 1950s. His parents worked in the Bhoopalam Areca Mandi as daily wage workers. When young Eshwarappa also tried to go to work with his parents, his mother opposed the move and urged him to concentrate on his education and earn a good name in society. This inspiration that he got in his childhood, eventually led him to become a social worker.
K. S. Eshwarappa was born in [[Bellary]]. His father Sharanappa and mother Bassamma moved to [[Shimoga]] in the early 1950s. His parents worked in the Bhoopalam Areca Mandi as daily wage workers. When young Eshwarappa also tried to go to work with his parents, his mother opposed the move and urged him to concentrate on his education and earn a good name in society. This inspiration that he got in his childhood, eventually led him to become a social worker.


As a child, Eshwarappa was interested in sports and music. One amongst his classmates was D. M. Ravindra who later became the Prant Pracharak of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (R.S.S). Narasimha Murthy Iyengar, a well-known V.H.P leader in Shimoga introduced him to the RSS during his childhood. Thus, his public life began as an activist of the RSS.
As a child, Eshwarappa was interested in sports and music. One of his classmates was D. M. Ravindra who later became the Prant Pracharak of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (R.S.S.). Narasimha Murthy Iyengar, a well-known V.H.P leader in Shimoga, introduced him to the RSS during his childhood. Thus, his public life began as an activist of the RSS.


While he was a student in the National Commerce College, Shimoga, he actively worked with the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (A.B.V.P), the student wing of RSS. After his graduation, he started his own private business in Shimoga city. He also involved himself with the erstwhile [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]].
While he was a student in the National Commerce College, Shimoga, he actively worked with the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (A.B.V.P.), the student wing of RSS. After his graduation, he started his own private business in Shimoga city. He also involved himself with the erstwhile [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]].


== Political career  ==
== Political career  ==
During [[Emergency]] (1975–77), he was arrested and detained in the Bellary Jail. After the removal of emergency, he became very active in politics. He worked in different capacities and in 1982, became the president of the [[Shimoga]] city unit of BJP. His personal efforts were one of the main reasons in M. Ananda rao winning from Shimoga as the first ever BJP candidate.
During [[Emergency]] (1975–77), he was arrested and detained in the Bellary Jail. After the removal of emergency, he became very active in politics. He worked in different capacities and in 1982, became the president of the [[Shimoga]] city unit of BJP. His personal efforts were one of the main reasons in M. Ananda Rao winning from Shimoga as the first ever BJP candidate.


In 1989, he contested the Karnataka assembly elections as a BJP candidate from Shimoga and defeated a heavyweight, the then health Minister K. H. Srinivas by a margin of 1,304 votes. He became popular with this victory and went on to win four more times from this constituency, losing only once in 1999. In 1992, he became the President of the State unit of BJP and was instrumental in his party's good performance in the 1994 state assembly elections. In 2000, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Silk Board when the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] government was in power.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gradual ascent of K S Eshwarappa|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article564854.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=12 July 2012}}</ref>
In 1989, he contested the Karnataka assembly elections as a BJP candidate from Shimoga and defeated a heavyweight, the then health Minister K. H. Srinivas by a margin of 1,304 votes. He became popular with this victory and went on to win four more times from this constituency, losing only once in 1999. In 1992, he became the President of the State unit of BJP and was instrumental in his party's good performance in the 1994 state assembly elections. In 2000, he was appointed the Chairman of the Central Silk Board when the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] government was in power.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gradual ascent of K S Eshwarappa|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article564854.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=12 July 2012}}</ref>


In the BJP-JDS coalition Government headed by [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]], he was Minister for Water Resources.<ref name=state2>{{cite news|title=Eshwarappa, Horatti among 20 Cabinet Ministers sworn in|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/18/stories/2006021805550600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004211508/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/18/stories/2006021805550600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 February 2006}}</ref> Following the historic victory of the BJP in the Karnataka state elections in 2008, he became the minister for Power in the [[B.S. Yeddyurappa]] government.<ref name=state4>{{cite news|title=No power crisis in State: Eshwarappa|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/10894/no-power-crisis-state-eshwarappa.html|newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
In the BJP-JDS coalition Government headed by [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]], he was Minister for Water Resources.<ref name=state2>{{cite news|title=Eshwarappa, Horatti among 20 Cabinet Ministers sworn in|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/18/stories/2006021805550600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004211508/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/18/stories/2006021805550600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 February 2006}}</ref> Following the historic victory of the BJP in the Karnataka state elections in 2008, he became the minister for Power in the [[B.S. Yeddyurappa]] government.<ref name=state4>{{cite news|title=No power crisis in State: Eshwarappa|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/10894/no-power-crisis-state-eshwarappa.html|newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref>


In January 2010, he resigned as minister and was unanimously elected as the President of the Karnataka state unit of the ruling BJP.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012853120400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915042638/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012853120400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2010|title= K.S. Eshwarappa all set to become State BJP president|date=28 January 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2010-02-01}}</ref> This move was seen as BJP’s strategy to tackle opposition leader in the assembly [[Siddaramaiah]], who also belongs to the same community.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/article96261.ece|title= K. S. Eshwarappa elected Karnataka BJP chief|work=The Hindu|date=28 January 2010|accessdate=2010-02-01}}</ref>
In January 2010, he resigned as minister and was unanimously elected as the President of the Karnataka state unit of the ruling BJP.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012853120400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915042638/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012853120400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2010|title= K.S. Eshwarappa all set to become State BJP president|date=28 January 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2010-02-01}}</ref> This move was seen as BJP's strategy to tackle opposition leader in the assembly [[Siddaramaiah]], who also belongs to the same community.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/article96261.ece|title= K. S. Eshwarappa elected Karnataka BJP chief|work=The Hindu|date=28 January 2010|accessdate=2010-02-01}}</ref>


In July 2012, following the resignation of [[D.V. Sadananda Gowda]], [[Jagadish Shettar]] was appointed the Chief minister and Eshwarappa became Deputy Chief minister. He was also entrusted with the Revenue and Rural development portfolio's.<ref name=state1>{{cite news|title=2 Deputy CMs for Karnataka|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3623735.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=STATE>{{cite news|title=Shettar keeps Finance, Eshwarappa gets Revenue portfolio|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3643339.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 July 2012}}</ref> He then stepped down as the State [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] president and was succeeded by Prahlad Joshi.<ref>{{cite news |title= Eshwarappa steps down as State BJP president |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/eshwarappa-steps-down-as-state-bjp-president/article4485340.ece |work= The Hindu |date= 9 May 2013 |accessdate= 2013-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pralhad Joshi appointed Karnataka BJP president|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pralhad-joshi-appointed-karnataka-bjp-president/article4534720.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|work=The Hindu|date=22 March 2013}}</ref>
In July 2012, following the resignation of [[D.V. Sadananda Gowda]], [[Jagadish Shettar]] was appointed the Chief minister and Eshwarappa became Deputy Chief minister. He was also entrusted with the Revenue and Rural development portfolios.<ref name=state1>{{cite news|title=2 Deputy CMs for Karnataka|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3623735.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=STATE>{{cite news|title=Shettar keeps Finance, Eshwarappa gets Revenue portfolio|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article3643339.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 July 2012}}</ref> He then stepped down as the State [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] president and was succeeded by Prahlad Joshi.<ref>{{cite news |title= Eshwarappa steps down as State BJP president |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/eshwarappa-steps-down-as-state-bjp-president/article4485340.ece |work= The Hindu |date= 9 May 2013 |accessdate= 2013-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pralhad Joshi appointed Karnataka BJP president|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pralhad-joshi-appointed-karnataka-bjp-president/article4534720.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|work=The Hindu|date=22 March 2013}}</ref>


In the [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013 Assembly elections]], Eshwarappa contested again from the [[Shimoga]] assembly constituency and lost to [[K. B. Prasanna Kumar]] of the Congress by a margin of nearly 6,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title= 12 ministers fall as Congress storms back to power in Karnataka, BJP decimated |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/news/12-ministers-fall-as-Congress-storms-back-to-power-in-Karnataka-BJP-decimated/articleshow/19951714.cms |work= The Times of India |date= 5 May 2013 |accessdate= 2013-05-12}}</ref>
In the [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013 Assembly elections]], Eshwarappa contested again from the [[Shimoga]] assembly constituency and lost to [[K. B. Prasanna Kumar]] of the Congress by a margin of nearly 6,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title= 12 ministers fall as Congress storms back to power in Karnataka, BJP decimated |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/news/12-ministers-fall-as-Congress-storms-back-to-power-in-Karnataka-BJP-decimated/articleshow/19951714.cms |work= The Times of India |date= 5 May 2013 |accessdate= 2013-05-12}}</ref> Days after making an alleged “hate speech” against a minority community, Eshwarappa was slapped with a criminal case in April 2013 after electoral officials issued directions for it.<ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=2013-04-12|title=Criminal case filed against Eshwarappa for "hate speech"|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/criminal-case-filed-against-eshwarappa-for-hate-speech/article4610584.ece|access-date=2021-07-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


However, he was nominated by his party to the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] in 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP favours Kore for RS, Eshwarappa for Council|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-favours-kore-for-rs-eshwarappa-for-council/article6067264.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|work=The Hindu|date=31 May 2014}}</ref> and became the Leader of the Opposition in the council.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eshwarappa takes charge as Leader of Opposition in Council|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/eshwarappa-takes-charge-as-leader-of-opposition-in-council/article6167494.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|work=The Hindu|date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
However, he was nominated by his party to the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] in 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP favours Kore for RS, Eshwarappa for Council|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-favours-kore-for-rs-eshwarappa-for-council/article6067264.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|work=The Hindu|date=31 May 2014}}</ref> and became the Leader of the Opposition in the council.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eshwarappa takes charge as Leader of Opposition in Council|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/eshwarappa-takes-charge-as-leader-of-opposition-in-council/article6167494.ece|accessdate=2016-06-26|work=The Hindu|date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
In the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] he again contested from Shimaga and won the seat. Further after the collapse of [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]'s coalition government, he was sworn in as the Rural development and Panchayat Raj minister. After the resignation of [[B. S. Yediyurappa]] he was again inducted as the cabinet  minister under [[Basavaraj Bommai]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Correspondent|first=Special|date=2021-08-04|title=Karnataka Cabinet: Team Bommai emerges as new Ministers take oath of office|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/govind-karjol-takes-oath-followed-by-ks-eshwarappa/article35716813.ece|access-date=2021-08-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
On 14 April 2022, Eshwarappa resigned from his position as Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister after a controversy arose over his alleged role in the suicide of a contractor, Santhosh Patil, who wasn't paid for road works.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-04-17|title=Karnataka: Eshwarappa quits, says truth will come out|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-bjp-minister-k-s-eshwarappa-resigns-over-contractors-death-7871210/|date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-04-17|title=Eshwarappa resigns over contractor Santhosh Patil's death, alleges conspiracy|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/eshwarappa-resigns-over-contractor-santhosh-patils-death-alleges-conspiracy-162941|date=16 April 2022|website=The News Minute}}</ref>


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K. S. Eshwarappa
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj
Government of Karnataka
In office
20 August 2019 – 14 April 2022
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Basavaraj Bommai
Preceded byKrishna Byre Gowda
In office
12 July 2012 – 13 May 2013
Chief MinisterJagadish Shettar
Preceded byJagadish Shettar
Succeeded byH. K. Patil
Minister of Youth Empowerment & Sports
Government of Karnataka
In office
27 September 2019 – 10 February 2020
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Basavaraj Bommai
Preceded byRahim Khan
Succeeded byC. T. Ravi
Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
In office
12 July 2012 – 13 May 2013
Serving with R. Ashoka
Preceded byB. S. Yeddyurappa
Succeeded byG. Parameshwara
Minister of Revenue
Government of Karnataka
In office
12 July 2012 – 13 May 2013
Chief MinisterJagadish Shettar
Preceded byG. Karunakara Reddy
Succeeded bySrinivasa Prasad
Minister of Energy
Government of Karnataka
In office
30 May 2008 – 28 January 2010
Chief MinisterB. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byH. D. Revanna
Succeeded byShobha Karandlaje
Minister of Major & Medium Irrigation
Government of Karnataka
In office
18 February 2006 – 8 October 2007
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Preceded byMallikarjun Kharge
Succeeded byBasavaraj Bommai
Leader of the Opposition
Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
13 July 2014 – 29 May 2018
Preceded byD. V. Sadananda Gowda
Succeeded byKota Srinivas Poojary
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
In office
2 January 2010 – 11 July 2012
Preceded byD V Sadananda Gowda
Succeeded byPrahlad Joshi
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office
1 July 2014 – 15 May 2018
Constituencyelected by the Legislative Assembly members
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byK. B. Prasanna Kumar
ConstituencyShivamogga
In office
2004–2013
Preceded byH.M Chandrashekarappa
Succeeded byK.B. Prasanna Kumar
ConstituencyShivamogga
In office
1989–1999
Preceded byK. H. Srinivassa
Succeeded byH.M Chandrashekarappa
ConstituencyShivamogga
Personal details
Born (1948-06-10) 10 June 1948 (age 78)
Ballari,[1] Mysore State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceBengaluru

K. S. Eshwarappa (born 10 June 1948)[2] is an Indian senior Bharatiya Janata Party politician who was Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 14 April 2022. He was the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 12 July 2012 to 12 May 2013. He was Minister of State for Rural development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 26 July 2021. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was the seventh Deputy Chief minister in the BJP government headed by Jagadish Shettar from 2012 to 2013. On 20 August 2019 he was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP government led by B.S. Yediyurappa. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council (2014-2018).

Early life[edit | edit source]

K. S. Eshwarappa was born in Bellary. His father Sharanappa and mother Bassamma moved to Shimoga in the early 1950s. His parents worked in the Bhoopalam Areca Mandi as daily wage workers. When young Eshwarappa also tried to go to work with his parents, his mother opposed the move and urged him to concentrate on his education and earn a good name in society. This inspiration that he got in his childhood, eventually led him to become a social worker.

As a child, Eshwarappa was interested in sports and music. One of his classmates was D. M. Ravindra who later became the Prant Pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.). Narasimha Murthy Iyengar, a well-known V.H.P leader in Shimoga, introduced him to the RSS during his childhood. Thus, his public life began as an activist of the RSS.

While he was a student in the National Commerce College, Shimoga, he actively worked with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.), the student wing of RSS. After his graduation, he started his own private business in Shimoga city. He also involved himself with the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

Political career[edit | edit source]

During Emergency (1975–77), he was arrested and detained in the Bellary Jail. After the removal of emergency, he became very active in politics. He worked in different capacities and in 1982, became the president of the Shimoga city unit of BJP. His personal efforts were one of the main reasons in M. Ananda Rao winning from Shimoga as the first ever BJP candidate.

In 1989, he contested the Karnataka assembly elections as a BJP candidate from Shimoga and defeated a heavyweight, the then health Minister K. H. Srinivas by a margin of 1,304 votes. He became popular with this victory and went on to win four more times from this constituency, losing only once in 1999. In 1992, he became the President of the State unit of BJP and was instrumental in his party's good performance in the 1994 state assembly elections. In 2000, he was appointed the Chairman of the Central Silk Board when the NDA government was in power.[3]

In the BJP-JDS coalition Government headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy, he was Minister for Water Resources.[4] Following the historic victory of the BJP in the Karnataka state elections in 2008, he became the minister for Power in the B.S. Yeddyurappa government.[5]

In January 2010, he resigned as minister and was unanimously elected as the President of the Karnataka state unit of the ruling BJP.[6] This move was seen as BJP's strategy to tackle opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah, who also belongs to the same community.[7]

In July 2012, following the resignation of D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Jagadish Shettar was appointed the Chief minister and Eshwarappa became Deputy Chief minister. He was also entrusted with the Revenue and Rural development portfolios.[8][9] He then stepped down as the State BJP president and was succeeded by Prahlad Joshi.[10][11]

In the 2013 Assembly elections, Eshwarappa contested again from the Shimoga assembly constituency and lost to K. B. Prasanna Kumar of the Congress by a margin of nearly 6,000 votes.[12] Days after making an alleged “hate speech” against a minority community, Eshwarappa was slapped with a criminal case in April 2013 after electoral officials issued directions for it.[13]

However, he was nominated by his party to the Karnataka Legislative Council in 2014[14] and became the Leader of the Opposition in the council.[15]

In the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election he again contested from Shimaga and won the seat. Further after the collapse of H. D. Kumaraswamy's coalition government, he was sworn in as the Rural development and Panchayat Raj minister. After the resignation of B. S. Yediyurappa he was again inducted as the cabinet minister under Basavaraj Bommai.[16]

On 14 April 2022, Eshwarappa resigned from his position as Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister after a controversy arose over his alleged role in the suicide of a contractor, Santhosh Patil, who wasn't paid for road works.[17][18]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia early life and Myneta}{
  2. ↑ "City today".
  3. ↑ "Gradual ascent of K S Eshwarappa". The New Indian Express. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Eshwarappa, Horatti among 20 Cabinet Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. 18 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "No power crisis in State: Eshwarappa". Deccan Herald.
  6. ↑ "K.S. Eshwarappa all set to become State BJP president". The Hindu. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "K. S. Eshwarappa elected Karnataka BJP chief". The Hindu. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "2 Deputy CMs for Karnataka". The Hindu. 10 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Shettar keeps Finance, Eshwarappa gets Revenue portfolio". The Hindu. 12 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Eshwarappa steps down as State BJP president". The Hindu. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Pralhad Joshi appointed Karnataka BJP president". The Hindu. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "12 ministers fall as Congress storms back to power in Karnataka, BJP decimated". The Times of India. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Criminal case filed against Eshwarappa for "hate speech"". The Hindu. PTI. 12 April 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 July 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. ↑ "BJP favours Kore for RS, Eshwarappa for Council". The Hindu. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Eshwarappa takes charge as Leader of Opposition in Council". The Hindu. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  16. ↑ Correspondent, Special (4 August 2021). "Karnataka Cabinet: Team Bommai emerges as new Ministers take oath of office". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ↑ "Karnataka: Eshwarappa quits, says truth will come out". 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  18. ↑ "Eshwarappa resigns over contractor Santhosh Patil's death, alleges conspiracy". The News Minute. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

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