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Who is D K Shivakumar

D K Shivakumar (DKS) is a Congress leader from Karnataka. A seven-time legislator, Shivakumar has held key ministerial positions in Congress governments in the state. In the latest stint, he served as the minister of irrigation in the JD(S)-Congress government that fell in 2019.
 
Presently, he is an MLA from Kanakapura, a constituency that was once a JD(S) bastion. In 2013, he defeated JD(S) heavyweight PGR Sindhia to win the constituency by over 30,000 votes. Not only Sindhia, Shivakumar has also defeated JD(S) supremo and former prime minister H D Devegowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy from various Bengaluru rural seats. He came to be known as 'giant killer' after these wins.
 
Congress' 'troubleshooter'
 
Shivakumar is also considered a master strategist and is the go-to person for Congress in times of crisis. He is credited  to playing critical role in the formation of the coalition government of Congress and JD(S) in Karnataka following the 2018 elections. Not just Karnataka, he has been Congress' go-to man in case of crisis in other states as well. In 2001, he hosted Congress MLAs from Maharashtra in Bengaluru as the Vilasrao Deshmukh-led government faced a crisis. 
 
DKS made headlines for a similar reason in 2017. Just before Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections, he assisted his party to move Gujarat Congress MLAs into his resort in Bengaluru in order to prevent them from moving to the BJP. 
 
Shivakumar is among the richest politicians in Karnataka. While filing his nomination for election in 2018, he declared total assets of Rs 840 crore, an increase of about Rs 590 crore from the 2013 elections.
 
Corruption charges
 
On 3 September 2019, Shivakumar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. 
 
Two years before the arrest, Shivakumar's residence and office in Bengaluru were raided by the I-T Department. The raids took place after Shivakumar hosted Gujarat Congress MLAs in his resort in August 2017.

Latest Updates on D K Shivakumar

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case on Thursday.

Updated On: 01 Aug 2023 | 5:58 PM IST

Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar said he had come to the national capital for party work and the final list of candidates is likely to be announced by this evening.

Updated On: 23 May 2022 | 5:28 PM IST

Referring to recent developments like the call to ban Muslim vendors in temples, hijab crisis, the Karnataka Cong has warned BJP that no investor would come to state as peace and order were disturbed

Updated On: 05 Apr 2022 | 4:37 PM IST

Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the proposed anti-conversion bill is going to be a black mark on the state

Updated On: 21 Dec 2021 | 1:24 PM IST

The incident took place on the sidelines of a press conference organised at the Congress headquarters in Bengaluru

Updated On: 13 Oct 2021 | 6:38 PM IST

DK Shivakumar said that coalition government is a closed chapter and he has no interest in talking about who is responsible for destabilising it

Updated On: 13 Oct 2021 | 9:40 AM IST

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to immediately commence work on Mekedatu dam project

Updated On: 01 Aug 2021 | 9:01 AM IST

The KPCC president was attacking the government, questioning its inability to give compensation to flood victims for the last two years.

Updated On: 25 Jul 2021 | 11:02 PM IST

In the video that has since gone viral, Shivakumar can be seen getting irritated by the action of the man, who tried to get close to him and pace along with him.

Updated On: 10 Jul 2021 | 6:16 PM IST

Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar said the government should procure the produce of horticulture farmers directly as the lockdown was forcing them to sell at a pittance

Updated On: 01 Jun 2021 | 8:06 AM IST

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar has called a meeting of senior party leaders, MPs and MLAs on March 20

Updated On: 19 Mar 2021 | 8:32 AM IST

A day after the CBI conducted searches at his premises and that of his brother and state Congress chief D K Shivakumar, Bengaluru Rural MP D K Suresh said he has tested positive for Covid-19

Updated On: 06 Oct 2020 | 5:34 PM IST

Gowramma, mother of Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar, said that the central agencies found nothing against his son during their searches and they "love" him as "they come again and again"

Updated On: 05 Oct 2020 | 7:25 PM IST

Karnataka Deputy CM C N Ashwath Narayan clarified that the CBI searches on properties linked to state Congress President D K Shivakumar were not politically motivated

Updated On: 05 Oct 2020 | 4:51 PM IST

The CBI has till now recovered Rs 50 lakh from multiple premises it has searched in a corruption case related to Congress leader D K Shivakumar, officials said on Monday

Updated On: 05 Oct 2020 | 11:53 AM IST

DK Shivakumar who was discharged from a hospital in Bengaluru after recovering from COVID-19, was again admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru after he experienced fever

Updated On: 05 Sep 2020 | 6:18 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to grant a stay on proceedings in the income tax evasion case against Congress' Karnataka unit President D K Shivakumar

Updated On: 27 Aug 2020 | 7:20 PM IST

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar has tested positive for coronavirus and has been hospitalised, party sources said on Tuesday

Updated On: 25 Aug 2020 | 2:12 PM IST

Shivakumar has always been in the Congress since he joined the Youth Congress when he was in college. He was general secretary of the Youth Congress in the state between 1983 and 1985

Updated On: 05 Jul 2020 | 9:32 PM IST

Kumaraswamy had told the media on March 27 that there was every likelihood of raids as a large number of central security forces had arrived at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).

Updated On: 29 Nov 2019 | 2:03 PM IST