Suraj Revanna

Suraj Revanna
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 February 2022
ConstituencyHassan district
Personal details
Born (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36)
RelationsH. D. Deve Gowda (grand father)
Prajwal Revanna (brother)
H.D. Kumaraswamy (uncle)
Anitha Kumaraswamy (aunt)
Nikhil Kumarswamy (cousin)
Parent(s)H. D. Revanna (father)
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, 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 19 November. 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.[citation needed]

Controversy

On 23 June 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]

References

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