Suraj Revanna Explained

Office:Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Constituency:Hassan district
Birth Date: 1 January 1988
Relations:H. D. Deve Gowda (grand father)
Prajwal Revanna (brother)
H.D. Kumaraswamy (uncle)
Anitha Kumaraswamy (aunt)
Nikhil Kumarswamy
Parents:H. D. Revanna (father)
Bhavani Revanna (mother)
Termstart:7 February 2022
Alma Mater:MBBS - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Suraj Revanna is an Indian politician and physician who is serving as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Hassan district.[1] [2] [3] His political party is the Janata Dal (Secular).

Personal life

He was born on 1 January 1988.[4] He is the son of H. D. Revanna, MLA, and the grandson of H. D. Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister of India.[5] [6] Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, H. D. Kumaraswamy is his uncle, and Suraj's younger brother, Prajwal Revanna,is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Hassan Constituency.

He received his postgraduate degrees from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science in MBBS and MS (General Surgery) (May 2015) and has been elected as director of Hassan District Cooperative Central Bank (HDCC).

Political career

Suraj Revanna has submitted his paperwork for the MLC election to Hassan's local bodies on November 19. This marks the entry of the 8th member[7] of the Gowda family into politics. His victory in the elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council has set a new record in electoral politics. Now, the first family of the JD(S) has a presence in all four Houses of the legislature. His grandfather, a former PM, H. D. Deve Gowda. is a member of the Rajya Sabha. His younger brother, Prajwal Revanna, an engineering graduate, was elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 to represent Hassan. His father, H.D. Revanna, a former minister representing the Holenarsipur constituency in the State Assembly, and his mother, Bhavani Revanna, a Hassan Zilla Panchayat member, Besides these four, two more members of the family—H.D. Kumaraswamy and Anita Kumaraswamy—are members of the State Assembly. He secured 2,281 votes of the total 3,478 votes polled.

Controversy

On June 23, 2024, Suraj Revanna was arrested for the rape of a male worker. [8] [9] His brother Prajwal Revanna was arrested for sexual assault. His father H.D. Revanna was also arrested but later released.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-12-14 . MLC polls: JD(S) candidate Suraj Revanna wins Hassan segment . 2022-12-16 . Deccan Herald . en.
  2. Web site: 2022-01-28 . Suraj Revanna takes oath as Karnataka MLC . 2022-12-16 . Deccan Herald . en.
  3. Web site: Sood . Anusha Ravi . 2021-12-14 . Ex-PM Deve Gowda’s grandson wins Hassan MLC seat, clan now second-largest in politics . 2022-12-16 . ThePrint . en-US.
  4. Web site: ಶ್ರೀ ಸೂರಜ್ ರೇವಣ್ಣ . 2022-12-16 . Karnataka Legislative Council.
  5. Web site: Sood . Anusha Ravi . 2021-11-21 . With Deve Gowda grandson Suraj's electoral debut, family now 2nd to Nehru-Gandhis as a dynasty . 2022-12-16 . ThePrint . en-US.
  6. News: 2021-12-15 . First family of politics: JD(S) has a presence in every House in Karnataka, India . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-12-16 . 0971-751X.
  7. Web site: Nov 24, 2021 . MLC polls: Enter 8th member of Deve Gowda family . 2022-12-23 . Bangalore Mirror . en.
  8. Web site: JD(S) worker, kin booked for blackmailing MLC Suraj. The Hindu.
  9. Web site: Prajwal Revanna’s brother Suraj Revanna arrested for ‘sexual assault’ of party worker. Indian Express.
  10. https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1208417