Gundu Rao ministry

Summary

R. Gundu Rao was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka, a state in South India headed by R. Gundu Rao[2] of the Indian National Congress (Indira).

Gundu Rao ministry
13th Council of Ministers of Karnataka State
Date formed12 January 1980
Date dissolved6 January 1983
People and organisations
Head of stateGovind Narain
(2 August 1977 – 15 April 1982)
Ashoknath Banerji
(16 April 1982 – 25 February 1987)
Head of governmentR. Gundu Rao
No. of ministers46[1]
Member partiesIndian National Congress (Indira)
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyIndian National Congress (Urs)
Janata Party
Opposition leaderD. Devaraj Urs
A. Lakshmisagar (Assembly)
History
Election(s)1978
Outgoing election1983
Legislature term(s)6 years (Council)
5 years (Assembly)
PredecessorSecond Devaraj Urs cabinet
SuccessorFirst Ramakrishna Hegde cabinet

The ministry had multiple ministers including the Chief Minister.[3] All ministers belonged to the Indian National Congress (Indira).

R. Gundu Rao became Chief minister of Karnataka after the collapse of the Urs government.[4]

His cabinet has a unique record to hold a cabinet meeting outside the capital for the first time in the state's then 25-year-long history. R. Gundu Rao along with his 14 cabinet ministers travelled to distant Belgaum, 515 km from Bangalore, the Cabinet Meeting went on to make a record 42 decisions in three hours sanctioning schemes worth more than Rs 60 crore. The subjects dealt with ranged from water supply, power and irrigation projects to the construction of two wards in a hospital in Karwar district. While Rao claimed that each one of the decisions was "major", opposition leaders dubbed his entourage as a "'touring circus". Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader A. K. Subbiah and Azeez Sait, a former minister and Indian Congress (Socialist) leader had expressed a concern that those kind of Meetings will be a burden on Tax payer's money and Rao was indulging in cheap publicity.[5]

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers edit

S.No Portfolio Minister Constituency Term of Office Party
1 Chief Minister[6]

*Other departments not allocated to any Minister.

R. Gundu Rao
[7]
Somwarpet[8] 12 January 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
2
  • Finance
Veerappa Moily[9] Karkal 12 January 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
3
  • Urban development
Dharam Singh Jevargi 12 January 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
4
  • Housing
Dharam Singh Jevargi 12 January 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
5 Sarekoppa Bangarappa[10] Sorab 12 January 1980 December 1980 Indian National Congress (Indira)
Mallikarjun Kharge Gurmitkal December 1980 6 January 1983
6 Sarekoppa Bangarappa Sorab 12 January 1980 6 January 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)
7
  • Public Works
Kagodu Thimappa[12] MLC February 1980 8 January 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)
8
  • Sericulture
Renuka Rajendran[13] Chikballapur[14] 12 January 1980 14 June 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)
9
  • small-scale industries
Renuka Rajendran Chikballapur 12 January 1980 14 June 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)
10
  • Planning
C. M. Ibrahim[15] Shivajinagar 12 December 1980 1982 Indian National Congress (Indira)
11
  • Wakf
C. M. Ibrahim[16] Shivajinagar 12 December 1980 1982 Indian National Congress (Indira)
12
  • Small Scale Industries
C. M. Ibrahim[17] Shivajinagar 1981 1982 Indian National Congress (Indira)
13
  • Labour
C. M. Ibrahim[18] Shivajinagar 12 December 1980 1982 Indian National Congress (Indira)
14
  • Food & Civil Supplies[19]
Kagodu Thimappa[20] MLC 12 December 1980 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)
C. M. Ibrahim[21] Shivajinagar 1981 1982 Indian National Congress (Indira)
Manik Rao Patil[22][21] Aurad 1982 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
15
  • Parliamentary Affairs
Y. Ramakrishna[23] Anekal 12 December 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
16 H. C. Srikantaiah Shravanabelagola 12 December 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
17
  • Forest
Kagodu Thimappa MLC February 1980 8 January 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)
G. Made Gowda Kirugavalu 8 January 1981 6 January 1983
18
  • Mines and Geology
G. Made Gowda Kirugavalu 8 January 1981 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)

Minister of State edit

S.No Portfolio Minister Constituency Term of Office Party
1.
  • Horticulture
K. Yenkatappa Shikaripura 12 December 1980 6 January 1983 Indian National Congress (Indira)
2.
  • Forest
G. Made Gowda[25] Kirugavalu 12 December 1980 1981 Indian National Congress (Indira)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "S. Bangarappa quits Gundu Rao Cabinet in Karnataka". India Today. 31 January 1981.
  2. ^ "येदियुरप्पा मंत्रिमंडल में 17 विधायक शामिल, एक पूर्व सीएम और दो पूर्व डिप्टी सीएम बने मंत्री". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  3. ^ "Karnataka BJP cabinet expansion Updates: Governor Vajubhai Vala administers oath to 17 MLAs as ministers". Firstpost.
  4. ^ "S.R. Bommai passes away". The Hindu. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Karnataka CM Gundu Rao travels with his 14 ministers to Belgaum to hold cabinet meeting". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Census work in Belgaum threatened by language controversy". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Language issue in Karnataka explodes into a violent agitation". indiatoday.
  8. ^ "Problems for Karnataka CM Ramakrishna Hegde after five years in power". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Resignation of Karnataka CM Ramakrishna Hegde takes nation by storm". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^ http://14.139.116.20:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/95026/12/12_chapter%203.pdf Political Factions from 1977 to 1987;
  11. ^ http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=41&lastls=14 Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament LOK SABHA Bangarappa (KARNATAKA)
  12. ^ "Karnataka Kranti Ranga party splits, shatters all hopes of building a strong opposition". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Karnataka CM Gundu Rao sacks minister Renuka Rajendran, Harijan legislators incensed". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Chikballapur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  15. ^ http://164.100.133.69/spb/Documents/BRIEF%20RESUME%20OF%20SHRI.%20C.M.%20IBRAHIM.pdf BIODATA OF C.M. IBRAHIM S/o Late C.M.K. Ali.
  16. ^ "Karnataka CM Gundu Rao makes a comeback with a vengeance". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Gundu Rao steadily losing ground ever since he became Karnataka CM". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Violence stalks Karnataka as police cracked down on peaceful protest by tobacco farmers". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Karnataka assembly polls: Hegde's Janata Party fails to reach understanding with ally BJP". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Karnataka CM Gundu Rao cracks the whip on state police force for playing 'truant'". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Despite good crop in wheat growing states, Karnataka flour mills face acute shortage". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Karnataka CM Gundu Rao charged with irregular allotment of cement by PAC". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  23. ^ https://www.prajavani.net/district/last-link-countrys-disaster-559143.html https://www.prajavani.net/district/last-link-countrys-disaster-559143.html
  24. ^ "Srikantaiah H. C". www.kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Karnataka CM Gundu Rao gets embroiled in forest produce rates controversy". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2024.