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HN Ananthkumar’s demise a big setback to BJP in Karnataka HN Ananthkumar’s untmimely demise has literally come as a catastrophe to the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party. No one had ever wondered that the typical middle class boy who had transformed over a period of time into a national leader would meet such a ghastly end so soon. But ultimately fate had its last laugh. Looking back at the political history of the state Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa was the only person to become the President of All India National Congress. BD Jatti was Vice President and Acting President for some time. HD Devegowda becoming the Prime Minister and SR Bommai becoming the President of Janata Dal are notable developments as far as the state’s leaders are concerned. Although Ramakrishna Hegade nurtured an ambition of becoming the Prime Minister lost the race miserably. In that way HN Ananthkumar had a slow beginning initially but within a couple of decades his political career took the shape of mete

Karnataka BJP loses a shrewd strategist in the untimely demise of HN Ananthkumar In the untimely demise of HN Ananthkumar,Union Parliamentary Affairs,Fertilizers and Chemicals Minister,the state and the Bharatiya Janata Party in particular apart from the nation at large have suffered a severe loss in realistic sense.Perhaps the biggest jolt is to the state unit of the BJP. As rightly pointed out by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, HN Ananthkumar was a great asset and a 'tragic loss' as described by President Ram Nath Kovind.No doubt he proved to be a shrewd strategist boasting of mass contact at the grassroots level. He was only 59 years old when he breathed his last at the Shankar Cancer Hospital in the wee hours today.His wife Tejaswini and daughters Aishwarya and Vijeta were at the bedside when the end came in.In fact he was admitted to the Cancer hospital since more than a month back. He had initial treatment in the United States and later in United Kingdom after