K. C. Kondaiah Explained

K.C.Kondaiah
Office:Member of Parliament - Bellary (Lok Sabha constituency)
Term Start:7 May 1996
Term End:6 October 1999
Predecessor:Basavarajeshwari
Successor:Sonia Gandhi
Office1:MP of Rajya Sabha
Term Start1:January 2000
Term End1:April 2002
Office2:Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council
Term Start2:6 January 2016
Term End2:5 January 2021
Predecessor2:Mrutunjaya Jinaga
Successor2:YM Satish
Birth Date:1950 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Bellary, Karnataka, India
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

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.

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).

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Karnataka Government. KC Kondaiah Bio Data. 12 June 2004 . 2004-06-12.
  2. News: Outlook India. Sonia in Bellary. 6 September 1999 . 17 February 2010.
  3. Web site: Rajya Sabha members. 2009-12-31.