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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 ...
1 day ago · A section of Congress leaders and loyalists of Siddaramaiah have been demanding replacement of Shivakumar as the State Congress chief. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday completed ...
7 hours ago · In 2023, when the Congress party came back to power in Karnataka with a strong mandate, all but one man was teary-eyed — D K Shivakumar. Aspiring to become the chief minister of the state ...
May 20, 2024 · D. K. Shivakumar is a prominent leader of the Congress party in Karnataka and has held several positions within the Congress party, including serving as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He has also been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and has held ministerial portfolios in the Karnataka state government.
May 21, 2023 · D K Shivakumar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on Saturday after the Congress resolved his contest with Siddaramaiah for the chief ministership in favour of the latter.
May 18, 2023 · One of the richest politicians of Karnataka, in his election affidavit in 2023, he declared assets over ₹1,350 crore, even as he is under the investigation of multiple agencies for...
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar. (PTI) In 1985, still in his twenties, Shivakumar made his first big political move, and went up against the Janata Party heavyweight HD Deve...
May 13, 2023 · The one person for whom the clear majority for the Congress party in the Karnataka polls will taste the sweetest is 60-year-old state party chief D K Shivakumar. The former minister who was appointed Karnataka PCC chief in 2020 despite being arrested a year earlier by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of money laundering, fought a long ...
Jun 27, 2024 · A Vokkaliga seer on Thursday publicly urged Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step down and make way for his deputy D K Shivakumar, amid a power tussle within the ruling Congress. His appeal has come at a time, when there is growing demand within the Siddaramaiah cabinet to have three more ...
May 27, 2024 · Karnataka deputy chief minister D.K. Shivakumar is likely to continue as the president of the Congress state unit for at least another year because of the upcoming and long-overdue local body polls in the state.
Jun 23, 2024 · Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s recent statement suggesting that he may contest the bypoll from the seat vacated by Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy has set off speculation about his next step.
Teary eyed Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Saturday briefly belied the combative force he is for the Congress party, not just in the just concluded 2023 assembly polls, but on several crucial...
3 days ago · Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday is said to have told a closed-door meeting of Congress office-bearers that he will not budge to attempts being made to get him removed as the party ...
May 21, 2024 · Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the Congress government came to power in Karnataka under his leadership.
Karnataka DCM DK Shivakumar said justice has been delivered after the Supreme Court quashed the proceedings initiated against him in a money laundering case.
Apr 22, 2023 · The seven-time MLA and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, D.K. Shivakumar, is among the richest politicians in the State.
May 27, 2024 · Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Congress president, announced this and more while speaking at a party event to observe Jawaharlal Nehru's death anniversary.
May 19, 2023 · Following a four-day deadlock over the Chief Minister chair in Karnataka, the Congress central leadership on Thursday officially declared that Siddaramaiah will be the next Chief Minister of the state, while state unit president D K Shivakumar will be the only Deputy Chief Minister.
May 13, 2023 · RAMANAGARA (K'taka): Maintaining his winning streak since 1989, Karnataka Congress chief and Vokkaliga strongman D K Shivakumar emerged victorious in the assembly polls for the eighth consecutive time on Saturday, retaining his Kanakapura seat with a huge margin of 1,21,595 votes.
May 16, 2023 · BENGALURU: Amid intense lobbying for the Chief Minister's post, Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar left for Delhi on Tuesday to discuss with the party's central leadership the issue...
May 19, 2023 · D.K. Shivakumar was one of the frontrunners for the post of Chief Minister of Karnataka. After 4 days of hectic jostling and uncertainty in New Delhi, Shivakumar accepted...
May 18, 2023 · Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar, an Indian politician, currently holds the position of President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He previously held the roles of Minister of...
4 days ago · The results were particularly a setback for Shivakumar, whose younger brother D K Suresh lost from his home region — the Bengaluru Rural constituency – to a BJP-JD(S) coalition candidate, while the Congress itself failed to win more than one of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in South Karnataka. Shivakumar has positioned himself as an alternative to former PM H D Deve Gowda and his son, ex-CM H D Kumaraswamy, as the leader of the dominant Vokkaliga community in the region.
The arrest of Shivakumar, known as the Congress’ troubleshooter, on Tuesday by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of alleged money laundering has brought to focus this rise as it held within...
May 31, 2024 · Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar stated on Thursday that political opponents are performing black magic through 'Aghoris' and 'tantriks' at a temple in Kerala against him and Chief...
D. K. Shivakumar, a Congress leader in Karnataka, held key positions within the party, including KPCC President. He served as an MLA and held ministerial roles in the Karnataka government. With eight terms as MLA, he is known as one of India’s wealthiest politicians. D. K. Shivakumar has a political career of more than 3 decades.
Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar of Congress is the richest MLA in the country with assets worth ₹ 1,413 crore, while a BJP MLA from West Bengal has declared assets of just ₹ 1700....
