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Adagooru Huchegowda Vishwanath
Adagur H. Vishwanath (2019)
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 July 2020
ConstituencyKarnataka
Member of Parliament
In office
May 2009 – May 2014
Preceded byC. H. Vijayashankar
Succeeded byPratap Simha
ConstituencyMysore
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Krishnarajanagar
In office
October 1999 – May 2004
In office
December 1989 – September 1994
In office
March 1978 – June 1983
Personal details
Born (1949-12-15) 15 December 1949 (age 75)
Krishnarajanagara,[1] Mysuru State, India
Political partyBJP (from 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(till 2017), Janata Dal (Secular) (2017[2]–2019)
Spouse
Shantamma
​
(m. 1974)​
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Mysore
Sarada Vilas College
ProfessionAdvocate, agriculturist, politician
Source: [1]

Adaguru Huchegowda Vishwanath (born 15 December 1949) is an Indian politician[3] from Karnataka state. He is a leader of Indian National Congress.[4][5] He is a Nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He was the former president[6] of Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) .

Career

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Vishwanath has been in active politics since 1970s. He was a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for three terms, held State and Cabinet minister posts in the Government of Karnataka as member of Congress Party. In 2009, he contested 15th Lok Sabha and succeeded C. H. Vijayashankar. During his term as M.P., Vishwanath was also member of several committees.[7][8][9] Vishwanath quit the Congress party[10] to join the JD(S)[11] in 2017 and got elected[12][13][14] from Hunsur in 2018. He resigned[15][16][17][18] as MLA and speaker has disqualified[19][20][21][22] him from the legislative assembly on 28 July 2019. But in by-elections of December 2019 he lost[23] to H P Manjunath of Congress party. In July 2020 he was nominated[24][25][26][27] to Legislative council.[28]

He is the author of book titled “Pracheena Parliamentgala Pradakshinegalu”, which is on ancient parliaments. It was released on 17 August 2024 by Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar.[29][30]

Positions held

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# From To Position
01 1978 1983 Member, 6th Assembly
02 1989 1994 Member, 9th Assembly
03 1999 2004 Member, 11th Assembly
04 1993 1994 Minister of State, Government of Karnataka
05 1999 2004 Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
06 2009 2014 Congress Party Member, 15th Lok Sabha . From Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)
07 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Urban Development
08 2009 2014 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
09 2009 2014 Convenor, Congress, Parliamentary Party (CPP), Karnataka
10 2018 2019 Assembly Member, with JD-S. From Hunasuru (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
11 2019 Joined BJP, but lost bypoll from Hunasuru.
12 2020 Elected to Legislative Council[31]

Controversies

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Operation Kamala

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Main article: Operation Kamala

Operation Kamala (also spelled Operation Kamal, and sometimes referred to as Operation Lotus) is a term coined in 2008 to describe a political strategy used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Indian state of Karnataka. The operation was led by former minister G. Janardhana Reddy and involved efforts to secure support from legislators of opposition parties. This approach enabled the BJP to bypass the provisions of the anti-defection law and achieve a majority in the state assembly.[32][33]

The term "Kamala" (or "Kamal") refers to the lotus, which is the electoral symbol of the BJP. Operation Kamala is commonly used in Indian political discussions to describe strategies involving the inducement or persuasion of MLAs and MPs from other parties—particularly the Indian National Congress (INC)—to support the BJP in forming or maintaining power in state legislatures where it does not have an outright majority.[34]

Delhi

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged that "BJP has spent Rs 6,500 crore [65 billion] rupees on buying 277 MLAs, they also tried to buy Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) MLAs in Delhi, and they offered 20 crores to each. They brought Rs 800 crores to buy MLAs of Delhi."[35] Kejriwal conducted a floor test in the Delhi Assembly to prove that his government continued to have the majority in the assembly and BJP's alleged Operation Lotus in Delhi had failed to poach AAP MLAs. CM successfully proved his majority in the legislature.[36][37]

Goa

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2019

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This section is transcluded from 7th Goa Assembly. (edit | history)

In July 2019 fourteen members of Indian National Congress switched their parties and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[38][39]

List of MLAs
No. Assembly Constituency MLA Notes
# Name
1 22 Siroda Subhash Shirodkar In 2017 changed party from Congress to BJP
2 1 Mandrem Dayanand Sopte In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
3 4 Tivim Nilkanth Halarnkar In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
4 7 Saligao Jayesh Salgaonkar In 2019 changed party from GFP to BJP
5 9 Porvorim Rohan Khaunte In 2019 changed party from Independent to BJP
6 11 Panaji Atanasio Monserrate In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
7 12 Taleigao Jennifer Monserrate In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
8 13 St. Cruz Antonio Fernandes in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
9 14 St. Andre Francisco Silveira in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
10 19 Valpoi Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
11 28 Nuvem Wilfred D'sa in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
12 34 Cuncolim Clafasio Dias in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
13 35 Velim Filipe Nery Rodrigues in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
14 36 Quepem Chandrakant Kavlekar in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
15 40 Canacona Isidore Fernandes in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
16 21 Ponda Ravi Naik In 2021 changed party from Congress to BJP

2022

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On 14 September 2022, 8 Congress MLAs switched to BJP.[40] Former Chief Minister of Goa Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo, along with other 6 Congress MLAs joined Bharatiya Janata Party, after meeting Dr. Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa from BJP.[41][42]

This section is transcluded from 8th Goa Assembly. (edit | history)
No. Constituency Name Remarks
6 Siolim Delilah Lobo Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
7 Saligao Kedar Naik Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
8 Calangute Michael Lobo Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
13 St. Cruz Rodolfo Louis Fernandes Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
15 Cumbarjua Rajesh Faldessai Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
24 Mormugao Sankalp Amonkar Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
28 Nuvem Aleixo Sequeira Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]
31 Margao Digambar Kamat Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022[40]

Karnataka

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2008

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The BJP won 110 seats in the assembly elections in May 2008, falling three seats short of a simple majority. With the backing of six independents, Yeddyurappa took the oath of office as chief minister to establish the first BJP administration in south India. But to further secure the stability of the administration, the BJP lured seven MLAs—three from the Congress and four from the JD(S) in an operation purportedly funded by mining tycoon and former BJP minister Janardhan Reddy of Bellary—by offering them money and power. The BJP scored five victories in the by-elections, bringing its total in the 224-member assembly to 115. Operation Kamala eventually became the name of the entire exercise.[43]

The MLAs who switched parties during the Operation Kamala and resigned are J. Narasimha Swamy, Anand Asnotikar, Jaggesh, Balachandra Jarkiholi, K. Shivanagouda Naik. Umesh Katti and D. C. Gourishankar.[44][45][46]

2019

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Main article: 2019 Karnataka political crisis

Ramesh Jarkiholi organized 14 other Congress MLAs to resign their posts.[47] Ramesh Jarkiholi was one of the 15 MLAs from Congress and 2 from JD(S) who resigned in July 2019, bringing down the HDK Congress-JD(S) coalition and allowing B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) to return to power.[48] After Supreme Court ruling held up their disqualification but allowed them to run, Jarkiholi joined BJP along with all other rebels inducted by Yeddyurappa and other important persons.[49][50][51][52][53]

Investigations

  • On 31 March 2021, the bench of Justice D'Cunha refused to quash the FIR against the sitting Chief Minister of Karnataka B. S. Yediyurappa in a case nicknamed Operation Kamala case.[54] At the time of the alleged incident, Yediyurappa was the leader of opposition.[55]

Reactions

  • In an interview with Deccan Herald in March 2019, B. S. Yediyurappa said "Operation Kamala was not wrong and I don't regret it. It is part of democracy."[56][57]
  • Lehar Singh Siroya claimed that the BJP cadre in the State was “by and large against the Operation Kamala” as that would not help the party in the long term.[58]
  • H. D. Kumaraswamy alleged that the BJP used Operation Kamala to affect the defections of MLAs from his government, causing it to fall.

Madhya Pradesh

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Main article: 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis

The crisis started when long loyalist Congress politician Jyotiraditya Scindia suddenly went to Delhi and resigned from Congress and joined BJP. This led to many supporters of him resigning from Congress as well. Hardeep Singh Dang resigned from the assembly membership and consequently from Indian National Congress, citing in a letter, 'ignorance from his party' and then joined BJP on March 21, 2020, along with 21 others.[59][60][61] Ultimately, this exodus led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government.

See also

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He was one of the 15 MLAs who fell in Operation Kamala and resigned in July 2019, effectively bringing down the H. D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government of Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular).[1]

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References

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  1. ^ The New Indian Express (24 July 2019). "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". Archived from the original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ "AH Vishwanath 'hurt' by rebel MLAs' exclusion in cabinet, calls BSY Kamadhenu". Deccan Herald. 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Bombay Days: Tell-all book on Operation Kamala by ex-Karnataka MLA Vishwanath to be out soon". The New Indian Express.
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