Sri H.D Kumaraswamy

Leader of J.D (S)

(Former Chief Minister of Karnataka)

H.D Kumaraswamy

The most popular Chief Minister of Karunad. A rare populist with populist thinking, concern, foresight. He is a kind-hearted politician who went to the people to listen to their pain and relieved their pain. A stalwart leader who led the state of Karnataka twice as Chief Minister (2006 to 2007 and 2018 to 2019). A beginner of Janata Darshan, a pioneer of rural life. He is a son of the soil who freed the farmer from debt along with various schemes for the farmer. A fighter who earned national recognition for the regional party of Karunad as the state president of the secular Janata Dal. HD Kumaraswamy is a mature leader following the political footsteps of HD Deve Gowda, who became the Prime Minister of this country as a son worthy of his father.

ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಕನಸು-ನನಸು: HD Kumaraswamy was born on December 16, 1959 in Haradanahalli, Holenaraseepur taluk of Hassan district as the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and Chennamma. He completed his primary education from Government Junior Primary School, Hassan. He completed high school from MES Vidyasirshana, Bangalore, PUC from Vijaya College and BSc from National College, Basavanagudi.However, at the beginning of his career, he was more inclined towards film industry than politics. After that, he engaged himself as a film producer, film exhibitor and film distributor and got success and made his own mark in Chandanavan. But politics attracted Kumaraswamy.

Golden Age as Chief Minister: The era of HD Kumaraswamy's Chief Ministership was described as the golden age. Tens of projects for the downtrodden Dalits, farmers, women and children of the state were organized and implemented effectively. Various programs were implemented from farmers' loan waivers to dozens of small and large irrigation projects, from the establishment of government schools and colleges to women's empowerment.Through Janata Darshan, he organized a wonderful program of selecting and solving people's problems on the spot. Due to this, many suffering people got justice. From now on, through village stay, he went to the people's homes and lived in their houses. Gramvastavaya became a model for the whole country, many villages saw innovation. Free from problems. Thus, Kumaraswamy did a wonderful job in his tenure of few months and became permanent in the public mind. He became an inspiration to the youth as Kumaranna.