Bengaluru: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of today after battling lung cancer for several months. He was 59.
Hubballi Narayan Shastri Ananth Kumar was serving as Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since May 2014 and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs since July 2016 in the Narendra Modi Government. He represented Bengaluru South Constituency in Lok Sabha and has been a Parliamentarian for six terms. In the 15th Lok Sabha, he defeated IT head-honcho Nandan Nilekani.
