Bengaluru: H.N. Ananth Kumar, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Parliamentary Affairs, who died in Bengaluru early this morning, represented Bengaluru South Constituency in Lok Sabha for six terms (sixth term is currently running). An astute politician, he was the BJP’s bulwark, handling tough and tricky situations for the party both at the State and National-level.
Known for his political adroitness, Ananth Kumar, gregarious with strong political instincts, had managed to be in the inner circle of the central leadership of the BJP— be it during the heydays of Atal Bihari Vajpayee or L.K. Advani and now Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His name was synonymous with the BJP for over 40 years.
