Eight Members Of Deve Gowda Family In Karnataka Politics
HD Deve Gowda
HD Deve Gowda is former prime minister and a popular Vokkaliga leader in south Karnataka. He has eight family members who are in public life in various roles. But as the old Janata Dal (Secular) leader – who will turn 90 next month – nears his end, his large dynasty casts a shadow.
The Gowda family has its members in all the four major houses Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
HD Kumaraswamy
Anitha Kumaraswamy
Nikhil Kumaraswamy
HD Revanna
HD Revanna, one of the four sons of ex-PM HD Deve Gowda. He is a Former Cabinet minister and has served as a Holenarasipura MLA five times. He is seeking to get reelected from Holenarasipura for the sixth time on May 10. He has been in politics since 1994 and has won and lost the same seat. He was a minister under his brother HD Kumaraswamy’s government in 2004.