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V. Sunil Kumar is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently he is serving as Chief Whip of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Karkala Constituency.
Political career
V. Sunil Kumar started his political career as a leader of the student wing of the RSS, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the year 2004.
In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2004 he contested against the incumbent member H. Gopal Bhandary of Indian National Congress and he was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Karkala constituency for the first time. He defeated Congress candidate by a margin of over 10000 votes. . Kumar lost the seat to H. Gopal Bhandary in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2008 by a narrow margin of 1537 votes. Kumar was re-elected to the seat in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 2013 by defeating H. Gopal Bhandary by over 4000 votes.Currently he is serving as the chief Whip of Opposition in Karnataka government.