Suraj Revanna
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Assumed office
7 February 2022
ConstituencyHassan district
Personal details
Born (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988
RelationsH. D. Deve Gowda (grand father), Prajwal Revanna (brother), H.D. Kumaraswamy (uncle), Anitha Kumaraswamy (aunt) Nikhil Kumar (cousin)
Parent(s)H. D. Revanna (father) and Bhavani Revanna (mother)
Alma materMBBS - 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, 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.

References

  1. ↑ "MLC polls: JD(S) candidate Suraj Revanna wins Hassan segment". Deccan Herald. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Suraj Revanna takes oath as Karnataka MLC". Deccan Herald. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  3. ↑ Sood, Anusha Ravi (2021-12-14). "Ex-PM Deve Gowda's grandson wins Hassan MLC seat, clan now second-largest in politics". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  4. ↑ "ಶ್ರೀ ಸೂರಜ್ ರೇವಣ್ಣ". Karnataka Legislative Council. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  5. ↑ Sood, Anusha Ravi (2021-11-21). "With Deve Gowda grandson Suraj's electoral debut, family now 2nd to Nehru-Gandhis as a dynasty". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  6. ↑ "First family of politics: JD(S) has a presence in every House in Karnataka, India". The Hindu. 2021-12-15. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  7. ↑ "MLC polls: Enter 8th member of Deve Gowda family". Bangalore Mirror. Nov 24, 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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