S. A. Ramadas Explained

S. A. Ramadas
Office1:Minister of State for Medical Education of Karnataka
Term Start1:23 September 2010
Term End1:13 May 2013
Office2:Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency2:Krishnaraja
Term Start2:2018
Term End2:2023
Predecessor2:M. K. Somashekhar
Successor2:T. S. Srivatsa
Term Start3:2008
Term End3:2013
Predecessor3:M. K. Somashekhar
Successor3:M. K. Somashekhar
Constituency3:Krishnaraja
Term Start4:1994
Term End4:2004
Predecessor4:K. M. Somasundaram
Successor4:M. K. Somashekhar
Constituency4:Krishnaraja
Birth Date:4 November 1959
Birth Place:Mysore
Residence:No. 1063/77, A 1st Main Road, 6th Cross, Vidhyaranyapura, Mysore – 570008.[1]
Nationality:Indian
Party:BJP
Occupation:Politician, Social worker

S. Ashwath Narayan Rao[2] Ramadas is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) from Krishnaraja constituency in Mysore, Karnataka.[3] In the 2008 Karnataka assembly elections, he contested against Congress leader M. K. Somashekar, a former MLA and won by a margin of about 20000 votes. He has been elected from this constituency on two earlier occasions in 1994 and 1999 but lost to M. K. Somashekar in 2004.[4]

Following the historic victory of the BJP in Karnataka in May 2008, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa.[5] In 2010, he was appointed a Cabinet minister in the Yeddyurappa government and entrusted with the Medical Education portfolio. He continued in the same post in the D.V. Sadananda Gowda government. He was also the district in-charge minister for Mysore district in the 2008 - 2013 assembly. In 2013, he contested from Krishnaraja constituency and was defeated by M. K. Somashekar of INC.

In 2014, he attempted suicide after a woman named Premkumari, a widow with two children, exposed their affair to the media.[6] Ramdas heads a voluntary organisation called Aasare Foundation which is into social service in Mysore.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MLA's of Karnataka. https://web.archive.org/web/20090410041827/http://bjpkarnataka.org/kan/?page_id=109. usurped. 10 April 2009. Karnataka government. 23 February 2009.
  2. Web site: S a Ramadas(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KRISHNARAJA(MYSORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate .
  3. Web site: Members of Legislative Assembly. sarkari.com. 23 February 2009. 10 January 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030110090621/http://www.sarkaritel.com/states/karnataka/members_legislative_assembly_mla.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: Mysore BJP delegation to meet leadership on ministerial berth. https://web.archive.org/web/20080605131924/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/02/stories/2008060253830400.htm. dead. 5 June 2008. The Hindu. 2 Jun 2008. 23 February 2009.
  5. Web site: MYSORE MUSINGS. https://web.archive.org/web/20080918102513/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/16/stories/2008091652670300.htm. dead. 18 September 2008. The Hindu. 16 Sep 2008. 23 February 2009.
  6. Web site: Ex-BJP MLA attempts suicide after woman exposes affair to media . Firstpost . 19 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Prison inmates shine on stage. mysoretrendz.com. 12 July 2008. 23 February 2009.

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