Siddaramaiah: Difference between revisions

| name                = Siddaramaiah

| image              = File:Siddaramaiah (cropped).png

| office1            = [[List of leaders of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Leader of Opposition<br/>Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]

| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1948|08|12|df=y}}

| birth_place        = [[Varuna, Mysore|Siddaramana Hundi]], [[Mysore State]], [[Dominion of India]] <!-- He was born in the Union of India or the Dominion of India, not in the Republic of India, don't revert the change -->  <br/>(now in [[Karnataka]], [[India]])

| term_end4          = 22 July 1999<ref name=":2" />

'''Siddaramaiah'''<!-- Please discuss in the talk page before adding any intials as a part the subject's name. --> (born 12 August 1948),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://affidavitarchive.nic.in/Affidavit/AE2004_Affidavits/karnataka/117/Siddaramaiah/Siddaramaiah_SC1.html|title=Siddaramaiah's affidavit|access-date=6 April 2004}}</ref> also referred to by his nickname '''Siddu''',{{Efn|Sources calling the subject Siddu<ref>{{Cite web|title=CM Siddu confident of winning in coming election – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/tag/cm-siddu-confident-of-winning-in-coming-election/|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vishwanath backs Ibrahim, says many are not happy with CM Siddu|url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/vishwanath-backs-ibrahim-says-many-are-not-happy-cm-siddu|access-date=2021-08-09|website=coastaldigest.com - The Trusted News Portal of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Big Kannada push ahead of polls; CM Siddu appeases pro Kannada outfits|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAUQbqDvPGQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/yAUQbqDvPGQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-08-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Karnataka CM Siddu's 'Bhagya' budgets swell debt burden to Rs 2.86 lakh crore|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/feb/17/karnataka-cm-siddus-bhagya-budgets-swell-debt-burden-to-rs-286-lakh-crore-1774579.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CM Siddu to Modi: Give Bharat Ratna to Siddaganga seer|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/karnataka/cm-siddu-to-modi-give-bharat-ratna-to-siddaganga-seer|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=shastri|first=vittal|date=2018-05-06|title=Get famous, elect your next CM: Siddu to Badami|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/060518/get-famous-elect-your-next-cm-siddu-to-badami.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-22|title=Hegde was my political guide, not Deve Gowda, says CM Siddu|url=https://starofmysore.com/hegde-political-guide-not-deve-gowda-says-cm-siddu/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UP BJP loses 3rd MLA to Covid – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/up-bjp-loses-3rd-mla-to-covid/|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kannada|first=TV9|date=2021-05-02|title=FMR CM Siddu: ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರಿಗೇ ಫೋನ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀನಿ ಆದ್ರೂ ರೆಮ್ಡಿಸಿವರ್ ಇಂಜೆಕ್ಷನ್ ಸಿಗಲಿಲ್ಲ|url=https://tv9kannada.com/karnataka/fmr-cm-siddaramaiah-says-health-minister-dr-k-sudhakar-doesnt-pick-his-calls-anj-220296.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=TV9 Kannada|language=kn}}</ref>}} is an [[Indian politician]] currently serving as the leader of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly since from 9 December 2019. He is a member of [[Congress Working Committee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cwc-membership-means-its-a-triple-role-for-siddaramaiah/article24455057.ece|title=CWC membership means it's a triple role for Siddaramaiah|last=Prabhu|first=Nagesh|date=2018-07-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2018/jul/18/siddaramaiah-enters-national-stage-with-congress-working-committee-entry-1844934.html|title = Siddaramaiah enters national stage with Congress Working Committee entry}}</ref> Currently, he is a leader in the [[Indian National Congress]] party,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/im-sidda-rama-and-100-hindu-karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah/articleshow/59615322.cms|title=I'm Sidda-Rama and 100% Hindu: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah}}</ref>

Later he joined the ruling [[Janata Party]] and became the first president of the Kannada Surveillance Committee (Kannada Kavalu Samiti), set up to supervise the implementation of [[Kannada]] as an official language. During the mid-term polls in 1985, Siddaramaiah was re-elected from the same constituency and became Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. In Chief Minister [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]'s government, he handled diverse portfolios such as Sericulture, Animal Husbandry and Transport at different stages.<ref name=":1">http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/6.pdf</ref>

He first suffered defeat in the 1989 Assembly elections, beaten by a veteran Congress leader, [[M. Rajasekara Murthy]]. Later in 1992, he was appointed as Secretary General of [[Janata Dal]], which [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] had also joined. He was elected again in the 1994 State Elections and became the Minister for Finance in the Janata Dal government headed by Deve Gowda. He was made Deputy Chief Minister when [[J. H. Patel]] became Chief Minister in 1996. He was sacked as [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka|Deputy Chief Minister]] and dropped from the Cabinet on 22 July 1999.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: Karnataka CM sacks 8 ministers|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/22dal.htm|access-date=2021-12-09|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> After the split in the Janata Dal, he joined the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] faction of Deve Gowda and became the president of its state unit. However, he lost in the 1999 state elections. In 2004, when the [[Indian National Congress]] and JD (S) formed a coalition government with [[Dharam Singh]] as Chief Minister, he was again appointed as Deputy Chief Minister.<ref name="toi">{{cite news

| location=Bangalore}}</ref> He addressed ahinda samavesha in Hubballi, which had the huge public gathering. He even challenged Reddy brothers in the house when he was the leader of the opposition that he would come to Bellary through padayatra. It garnered attention of whole state and eventually Siddaramaiah came to power in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=It's official: Siddaramaiah is new Karnataka CM|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=173242|access-date=2021-12-09|website=www.daijiworld.com|language=en}}</ref>

| location=Bangalore}}</ref> but in the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]], he left his safe [[Varuna (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Varuna]] seat for his son, and he himself went on to contest from two constituencies, i.e. [[Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chamundeshwari]] and [[Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Badami]], and faced stiff competition against [[GT Devegowda]] of JD (S) and [[B. Sriramulu]] of BJP respectively, both of which were new constituencies for him. He lost in [[Chamundeshwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chamundeshwari]], but won in [[Badami (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Badami vidhan sabha seat]] beating BJP heavyweight Sriramulu with a narrow margin of 1,696 votes and he reelected for the 8th time. Congress under his leadership then supported the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] in forming the government in 2018 to keep [[BJP]] out of power. He was the chairman of coordination committee that coordinated the congress-JDS coalition govt under [[H. D. Kumaraswamy|H. D Kumarswamy]]. After the resignation of 17 MLAs, leading to the downfall of the coalition government, Siddaramaiah took the leadership of the upcoming by-elections in Karnataka.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

On 15 May 2018, he resigned from his position of the [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief minister of Karnataka]], respecting the verdict of the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/siddaramaiah-resigns-after-cong-defeat-in-karnataka-polls/articleshow/64176243.cms|title=Siddaramaiah resigns after Cong defeat in Karnataka polls - Times of India ►|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> He also became the first chief minister of Karnataka to serve full 5 years term in 40 years, and the second in the history of the southern state after [[D. Devaraj Urs|Devaraj Urs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/siddaramaiah-becomes-first-karnataka-cm-in-40-years-to-finish-full-term-1199645-2018-03-28|title=Siddaramaiah becomes first Karnataka CM in 40 years to finish full term|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> He also holds the record of presenting state budget for 13 times as a finance minister in [[Government of Karnataka]]. Despite allegations of mounting debt on state exchequer by the opposition, he is known for maintaining fiscal prudence within the ambit of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act of the state.<ref>https://www.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/siddaramaiah-to-present-record-13th-state-budget-on-friday/amp_articleshow/62921152.cms</ref>

== Controversies ==

| style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal}};" | 1.|| 16 May 1996 – 22 July 1999 || [[Janata Dal]] || [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]]<ref name=":2" />

| style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}};" | 2.|| 28 May 2004 – 5 August 2005 || [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] || [[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Siddaramaiah, two others dropped|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/06/stories/2005080613530100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302065326/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/06/stories/2005080613530100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-03-02|access-date=2021-05-25|language=en}}</ref>

| style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};" | 3.|| 13 May 2013 – 17 May 2018 || [[Indian National Congress]] || [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Siddaramaiah takes oath as 22nd CM of Karnatakahttps|work=One India|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2013/05/13/siddaramaiah-takes-oath-as-22nd-karnataka-cm-1215425.html|access-date=2021-05-25|language=en}}</ref>

{{s-ttl|title=[[Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka]]|years=31 May 1996 – 22 July 1999}}