Constituency Mysore Role Legislator Party Bharatiya Janata Party | Children 1 son and 2 daughter Residence Mysore Name C. Vijayashankar | |
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Preceded by Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar Born 21 October 1956 (age 67)
Haveri, Karnataka ( 1956-10-21 ) | ||
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party Succeeded by Adagur H. Vishwanath | ||
C. H. Vijayashankar (born 21 October 1956) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mysore constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was elected member of Karnataka legislative assembly from Hunsur in 1994. In 1998, He was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Mysore Lok Sabha constituency.
He was re-elected to Mysore Lok Sabha constituency in 2004 against Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, who was the prince of Mysore Kingdom and head of the Wadiyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore between 1399 and 1950.
He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Karnataka holding portfolios: Forest Department from. Forest, Ecology & Environment Department as well as small Scale Industries from C & I Department
He unsuccessfully contested for 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Hassan constituency in 2014 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate against Former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.
He was the Member of Legislative Council of karnataka from 15 June 2010 till the end of his tenure in Jan 2016