B. Shankaranand

B. Shankaranand (1925-2009) was a congress politician from Karnataka and minister in government of India. He remained minister of Human Resource Development from 14 January 1980 to 17 October 1980. He headed the first ever Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to investigate into the Bofors Scandal which gave its report on 26 April 1988.[2]

B. Shankaranand
MP
Preceded byV. L. Patil
Succeeded byRatnamala Savanur
ConstituencyChikkodi
Personal details
Born19 October 1925[1]
Kanagali, Chikodi, Belgaum, Karnataka State, British India
Died20 November 2009(2009-11-20) (aged 84)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Kamala Devi
Children2 Sons, 6 Daughters

He has represented Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency) for about eight times in his political career.[3]

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