D. K. Shivakumar
Shivakumar in 2020
9th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
Assumed office
20 May 2023
GovernorThawar Chand Gehlot
Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah
Preceded by
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
15 May 2008
Preceded byP. G. R. Sindhia
ConstituencyKanakapura
In office
30 November 1989 – 10 May 2008
Preceded byK. L. Shivalinge Gowda
Succeeded byOffice Abolished
ConstituencySathanur
President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
2 July 2020
National PresidentMallikarjun Kharge
Preceded byDinesh Gundu Rao
Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
In office
11 July 2014 – 23 July 2019
Governor
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
Siddaramaiah
Ministry and Departments
  • Water Resources
  • Medical Education
  • Energy
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Working President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
2008–2010
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEshwara Khandre assumed office on 2018
Personal details
Born (1962-05-15) 15 May 1962
Kanakapura, Mysore State, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseUsha Shivakumar
Children3
RelativesD. K. Suresh (brother)
OccupationPolitician

Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), also known by his initials as D. K. Shivakumar, is an Indian politician who is the 9th and Current Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and also Water resources and Bengaluru Development and Town Planning & Bengaluru Urban District Incharge Minister since 20 May 2023 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He is also the President of the Karnataka PCC since 2020 and was the Working President from 2008 to 2010. He was the cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka from 2014 to 2019. He represented the Kanakapura constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008 and from Sathanur Assembly constituency from 1989 to 2004.

Personal life

Shivakumar was born to Kempegowda and Gouramma[1] in Kanakapura[2] near Bangalore, Karnataka. He belongs to the Vokkaliga community.[3]

He has a younger brother D. K. Suresh who's also a politician.[4] Shivakumar married Usha in 1993 and has two daughters, Aishwarya and Aabharana, and a son Aakash with her. His oldest daughter is married to Amartya, son of Café Coffee Day founder V. G. Siddhartha.[5]

He is one of the richest politicians in India.[6]

Political career

DK Shivakumar in 2023

Shivakumar started his political career in the early 1980s as a student leader and gradually rose through the ranks of the Congress party. He won his first election in 1989 when he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Sathanur constituency in the Mysuru district. He was just 27 years old at the time and contested the election on a Congress ticket.[7] Shivakumar went on to win re-election from the same constituency in the subsequent assembly elections in 1994, 1999 and 2004. He won from Kanakapura constituency in 2008, 2013, 2018 & 2023.[8][9][10][11][12]

Vilasrao Deshmukh, during his tenure as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, worked closely with Shivakumar when he faced the motion of no confidence in 2002. Shivakumar hosted the Maharastra legislators in his resort located on the outskirts of Bangalore for a week until the date of the vote. This saved Deshmukh's government.[13]

Just before his election to the Rajya Sabha in 2017 from Gujarat, he assisted his party leadership to move 42 Gujarat Congress MLAs into his resort in Bengaluru to avoid them moving to another political party. Subsequently, this helped Ahmed Patel to win the election.[8][14]

He is credited with playing a critical role in the formation of the coalition government of Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka following the 2018 election.[15]

He is also a close confidante of party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.[16] Shivakumar is among the richest politicians in India. While filing his nomination for election in 2018, he declared total assets of ₹840 crore.[17]

On 2 July 2020, Shivakumar officially took charge as Karnataka PCC president succeeding Dinesh Gundu Rao.[18]

On 20 May 2023, Shivakumar became the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka following the victory of the Congress party in the 2023 election.

Positions held

Year Position Ref
1989–1994 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Prisons and Homeguards (17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992)
 [19]
1994–1999 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Urban Development (11 October 1999 – 20 May 2004)
 [19]
1999–2004 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly [9]
2004–2008 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly [9]
2008–2013 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • KPCC Working President ( 2008 – 2010)
 [10]
2013–2018 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Minister of Energy (11 July 2014 – 19 May 2018)
 [12]
2018–2023 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly [20]
2023– Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Electoral statistics

Year Election Constituency Name Party Result Votes gained Vote share% Margin Ref
1985Karnataka Legislative AssemblySathanur INCLost29,80938.78%15,803[9]
1989Karnataka Legislative AssemblySathanur INCWon44,59549.77%13,650[9]
1994Karnataka Legislative AssemblySathanurINDWon48,27046.08%568[9]
1999Karnataka Legislative AssemblySathanur INCWon56,05054.64%14,387[9]
2002
(bypoll)		Lok SabhaKanakapura INCLost5,29,13337.61%52,576[21]
2004Karnataka Legislative AssemblySathanur INCWon51,60347.91%13,928[9]
2008Karnataka Legislative AssemblyKanakapura INCWon68,09648.34%7,179[10]
2013Karnataka Legislative AssemblyKanakapura INCWon1,00,00756.77%31,424[10]
2018Karnataka Legislative AssemblyKanakapura INCWon1,27,55268.52%79,909[11]
2023Karnataka Legislative AssemblyKanakapura INCWon1,43,02375.00%122,392[10]

Controversies

D. K. Shivakumar saw a rapid rise in his political career in Karnataka since 1999, particularly during the tenure of the S.M. Krishna-led state government, which also witnessed numerous allegations of corruption. These allegations included charges of illegal granite mining, impersonation, forgery, cheating, tax evasion, possession of disproportionate assets, and criminal conspiracy.[22]

On 2 August 2017, Shivakumar's residence and office in Bengaluru were raided by the Income Tax Department in connection with alleged tax irregularities. Eagleton Golf Resort in Bidadi, a town on the outskirts of Bengaluru, frequented by Shivakumar and owned by his brother D. K. Suresh, was also raided.[23] Searches were carried out by 300 officials for a span of 80 hours in 67 locations[24] across New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mysuru, Chennai and Shivakumar's hometown Kanakapura. It was revealed that ₹8 crore was seized from Shivakumar's Delhi residence and ₹2 crore from other locations. Central Reserve Police Force personnel were summoned to provide security during the raids.[25] The raid followed after 44 Members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress were hosted in the resort after a number of legislators from the party quit to join the Bharatiya Janata Party prior to the Rajya Sabha elections.[26] The raids ended on 5 August and reportedly an undisclosed income of nearly ₹300 crore was recovered.[27] He and his associates were given anticipatory bail.[28]

On 3 September 2019, he was arrested on charges of money laundering and income tax evasion. He has called the charges "baseless" and "politically motivated" done by the BJP government of Karnataka.[29][30]

Fresh ED summons have been given to him in a money laundering case as more documents have been sought.

Illegal mining

A Public Interest Litigation (writ petition No. 562 of 2009) was filed by NGO Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS) against D. K. Shivakumar in the Supreme Court of India which described his role in the acquisition of 900,000 metric tons of high-quality iron ore masked under the pretense of purchasing low-grade iron ore and mud at an exceptionally low price of Rs 15-25 per tonne, in stark contrast to its actual market value. Subsequently, D. K. Shivakumar sold this iron ore at a significantly higher price, resulting in an extraordinary profit gain due to his political influence.[31]

References

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  2. ↑ Swamy, Rohini (4 August 2017). "DK Shivakumar: The man called tiger of Sathanur". India Today. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "D K Shivakumar: Congress's trusted Vokkaliga strategist-strongman". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "DK Shivakumar likely to be Karnataka Congress chief". Hindustan Times. 16 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ↑ Prabhu, Nagesh (22 April 2023). "D.K. Shivakumar | Congress's man for all seasons". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Sathanur Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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  11. 1 2 "KANAKAPURA ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS (2018)". oneindia.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Shiva Kumar and Roshan Baig sworn-in as ministers in Karnataka Cabinet". The Times of India. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  13. ↑ Swamy, Rohini (11 March 2020). "Why DK Shivakumar is the Congress' choice to lead the party out of a hole in Karnataka". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "DK Shivakumar: The man who checkmated Amit Shah in Karnataka". The News Minute. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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  18. ↑ "D K Shivakumar takes charge as KPCC president". The Hindu. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  19. 1 2 "Meet DK Shivakumar, Congress' Last 'Resort' for Tricky Trust Votes". News18. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
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  23. ↑ "I-T department raids Karnataka energy minister's residence & resort where 44 Gujarat Cong MLAs staying". The Times of India. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  24. ↑ "80 hrs, 67 locations & 300 officials: I-T raids on DK Shivakumar concluded". Business Standard. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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  26. ↑ "Gujarat: Congress loses 7 MLAs as four more resign ahead of Rajya Sabha election". Daily News and Analysis. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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  29. ↑ "Congress's DK Shivakumar Appears Before Probe Agency, Faces Arrest". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  30. ↑ Shivakumar, D. K. [@DKShivakumar] (3 September 2019). "I congratulate my BJP friends for finally being successful in their mission of arresting me. The IT and ED cases against me are politically motivated and I am a victim of BJP's politics of vengeance and vendetta" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ "NGO to file a case against former minister D K Shivakumar in illegal mining case". Business Standard. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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