K. C. Kondaiah
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K.C.Kondaiah | |
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| Member of Parliament - Bellary (Lok Sabha constituency) | |
| In office 7 May 1996 – 6 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Basavarajeshwari |
| Succeeded by | Sonia Gandhi |
| MP of Rajya Sabha | |
| In office January 2000 – April 2002 | |
| Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council | |
| In office 6 January 2016 – 5 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mrutunjaya Jinaga |
| Succeeded by | YM Satish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1950 Bellary, Karnataka, India |
| Political party | INC |
| Spouse | K. Meenakshi |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
K.C. Kondaiah (born 10 July 1950), is an Indian politician and a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Council[1] from Bellary. He is a former member of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
Kondaiah is an ardent partisan of the Nehru-Gandhi family. He was instrumental in Sonia Gandhi's[2] win from Bellary Lok Sabha Constituency in 1999.
Political career
[edit]Kondaiah was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 from Bellary constituency in 1996. In the 11th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, a special-invitee member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Steel and Mines. He was also a member of the Coffee Board and the Z.R.U.C.C., Central and Southern Railway.[citation needed]
In 1998 he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. In the 12th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defense, the House Committee, Lok Sabha, the Z.R.U.C.C, Central and Southern Railway, the Committee on Energy. In 1999, he became the Convener, Congress Party in Parliament (Karnataka State).[citation needed]
He was a member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka from January 2000 to April 2002.[3] In June 2001, he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council and in June 2004, he was re-elected to the Karnataka Legislative Council.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "KC Kondaiah Bio Data". Karnataka Government. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2004.
- ^ "Sonia in Bellary". Outlook India. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha members". Retrieved 31 December 2009.