Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bidar-SC
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Veerappa
Mother's Name :
Date of birth :
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1947-48 Member, Municipal Council, Bidar, Karnataka1948-52 Member, Karnataka Legislative Council1957-62 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1962 Elected to 3rd Lok Sabha1962-67 Vice-President, Bidar District Congress Committee, Karnataka1962-84 Member, Karnataka Congress Committee1967 Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1980-85 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1991-94 Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), All India Scheduled Castes (SC) Cell1991-96 Member, B.J.P. Working Committee, Bidar, Karnataka1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution; and its Sub-Committee-B on Department of Sugar and Edible OilsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry2004 Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha( 7th term)
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Removal of social, economic and religious disparities and inculcating human values among people through Arya Samaj
Special Interests
Religious work and social equality
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Study of literature (specially religious books), meditation and prayers
Other Information
Participated in the Freedom Struggle; sentenced to Kalapani for participating in Satyagraha against Nizam`s rule and spent most of his life in jails
