He’s also been one of the most vociferous critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP/Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on various issues. His decision to celebrate 'Tipu Jayanti' was also criticised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His government also took the controversial decision of recommending religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaivas ahead of the 2018 assembly polls, a move considered to be one of the reasons for his party losing that election. He also has a record of presenting 13 state budgets as finance minister.ĭuring his CM stint (2013-2018), he implemented welfare measures such as providing Anna Bhagya (free rice scheme), Ksheera Bhagya (free milk), setting up Indira canteens, etc.
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Siddaramaiah is the third Karnataka CM after S Nijalingappa and Devaraj Urs to complete a full term in office. In 2013, he became the CM, edging out M Mallikarjun Kharge, who is now the AICC president and the then Union labour and employment minister. Siddaramaiah used Ahinda to consolidate his position as a mass leader in the state, which is dominated by Lingayats, Muslims and Vokkaligas, to consolidate his support across diverse communities.īefore the 2013 polls, he led a march to Ballari, challenging Reddy brothers-Gali Janardhana Reddy and G Somashekara Reddy-who were accused in a major mining scam.
This term was first coined by D Devraj Urs, the state’s first backward-class leader. In 2006, Siddaramaiah joined the Congress after being expelled by the JD(S) following differences with party supremo HD Deve Gowda.Ĭonsidered the architect of Karnataka's Ahinda (an acronym for the Kannada words Alpasankhyataru (minorities), Hindulidavaru (backward classes) and Dalitaru (Dalits). He also served as JDS state party president from 1999 to 2004. In 2004, the Congress and JD(S) formed a coalition government, with Siddaramaiah (then in JDS) named deputy chief minister. He was the first chairman of Kannada Kavalu Samiti, a watchdog committee that had the mandate to supervise the implementation of Kannada as an official language formed during Ramakrishna Hegde’s chief ministership. He later became minister of state for sericulture. Later, he joined the ruling Janata Party. His surprise win saw him becoming a member of the Karnataka legislative assembly in 1983. Siddaramaiah first contested elections on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysore. Senior advocate and legendary farmers leader Nanjunda Swamy spotted him when he was practising as a lawyer in the district court and asked him to give politics a shot. Known for his oratory skills in his student years, Siddaramaiah was influenced by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia’s brand of socialism. He is the second among five siblings and holds a Bachelor of Science degree as well as one in law from Mysore University. A mass leader with more than four decades of political experience, 75-year-old Siddaramaiah was born into the Kuruba (shepherd) community in Siddaramanahundi, a remote village in Varuna taluk of Mysore district (now Mysuru).
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