C. T. Ravi

Chikkamagaravalli Thimme Gowda Ravi (born 18 July 1967)[1] is an Indian politician who is the current General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and four-time legislator from Chikmagalur Constituency of Karnataka State. He was a cabinet minister in the Government of Karnataka and currently is the National General secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. He resigned to his post as the cabinet minister after being appointed as the National General secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]

C. T. Ravi
C. T. Ravi
General Secretary of Bharathiya Janata Party
Assumed office
26 September 2020
PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Minister For Tourism
Government of Karnataka
In office
26 August 2019 – 4 October 2020
Preceded byS. R. Mahesh
Minister of Kannada and Culture
Government of Karnataka
In office
26 August 2019 – 4 October 2020
Preceded byD. K. Shivakumar,INC
Minister of Youth Empowerment and Sports
Government of Karnataka
In office
10 February 2020 – 4 October 2020
Preceded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Minister of Sugar
Government of Karnataka
In office
27 setpmeber 2019 – 10 February 2020
Preceded byR. B. Timmapur
Succeeded byArbail Shivaram Hebbar
Minister For Higher Education, Government of Karnataka
In office
July 2012 – May 2013
Preceded byV. S. Acharya, BJP
Succeeded byR.V. Deshpande,INC
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
for Chikmagalur
Assumed office
May 2004
Preceded byC. R. Sageer Ahamed
Personal details
Born (1967-07-18) 18 July 1967
Chikkamagarvalli, Chikkamagaluru, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Pallavi
ChildrenSamarth Surya, Sarthak Surya
WebsiteC T Ravi

Politics

Early political career

Ravi was a BJP Karnataka Yuva Morcha (the party Youth Wing) President. Later, Rajnath Singh made him Special Invitee and he went on to become the State General Secretary of the party. He also represented the party in press conferences.[3]

Elections

He unsuccessfully contested against C. R. Sageer Ahamed of Congress in 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections. He lost by 982 votes. On 20 August 2019, he was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government Led by B.S. Yediyurappa.[4]

In the 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, C. T. Ravi defeated C. R. Sageer Ahamed by a margin of more than 25,000 Votes in Chikmagalur, thus marking C. T. Ravi's entry to Karnataka Legislature.[5]

When Karnataka Legislative Assembly was dissolved in 2007 and Karnataka went to polls in April–May 2008, he was again fielded by BJP from Chikmagalur Constituency and won.[6]

In the recent concluded Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, C. T. Ravi won from Chikmagalur Constituency with a margin of 10,000+ Votes.[7][8]

Minister For Karnataka government

In 2012 he was named Higher Education Minister. In the post he dealt with Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru district education and other development projects and he is currently serving as the Minister of Tourism and Kannada language in the Fourth B. S. Yeddyurappa ministry and was also Minister of Sports and Youth from 2017 and resigned on 4 October 2020.[9][10]

Court case

2012 Disproportionate assets case

In 2012, a RTI activist A.C. Kumar of Chikkamagaluru filed a private lawsuit blaming Ravi of having assets disproportionally large to his documented revenue sources from 2004 to 2010. He stated that in this period, his known revenue sources were ₹ 49 lakh, while his assets were ₹ 3.18 crore. In 2015, the Supreme Court gave guidelines regulating petitioners to file affidavits in support of their allegations or complaints, Ravi asked the high court to dismiss the whole prosecution on the basis that the petitioner did not file an affidavit.[11] In order to give the petitioner, AC Kumar, a chance to file an affidavit in support of his accusations made against Ravi, the high court sent the case back to the special court.[12][13]

Controversies

C T Ravi received a notice from the Election Commission for his 'inflammatory' speech at the Sakleshpur election rally in Hassan district on 6 April 2009.[14]

When addressing party workers in Chikkamagalur, Ravi made derogatory statements. In Kannada, he associated those who resist or do not vote for Modi to a word that belittles women on April 14, 2019. The committee led by State Women's Congress President Dr. B. Pushpa Amarnath complained to the National Commission for Women.[15][16]

References
  1. "Ravi C. T. bio" (PDF). kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Karnataka Minister C.T. Ravi tenders resignation after appointment as BJP General Secretary". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 4 October 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 November 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "CT Ravi to look after Karnataka BJP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. "BJP's role will be crucial in Southern States: C.T. Ravi". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 20 October 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 November 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Karnataka Minister CT Ravi Quits Cabinet Days after Being Appointed BJP General Secretary". News18. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly". www.kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. http://myneta.info/karnatka2008/candidate.php?candidate_id=1238
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Karnataka BJP cabinet expansion Updates: Governor Vajubhai Vala administers oath to 17 MLAs as ministers - Politics News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  10. "Karnataka Minister CT Ravi Quits Cabinet Days after Being Appointed BJP General Secretary". News18. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  11. "HC sends back assests case against Ravi to special court". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  12. "Karnataka HC sets aside assets probe ordered against C.T. Ravi". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 6 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 January 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. "DA case against CT Ravi: HC remands matter to trial court". Deccan Herald. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  14. "CT Ravi gets EC notice for hate speech". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  15. "Belittling Women: Mahila Congress to file plaint against C T Ravi | Mangaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  16. Bharathi, Vartha. "Case against CT Ravi over derogatory remark belittling women". english.varthabharati.in. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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