Question: Union Minister Anant Kumar died after suffering with lung cancer. He was-
(a) Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
(b) Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(c) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
(d) Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and prominent BJP leader, Anant Kumar passed away on 12th November, 2018, in Bengaluru battling with lung cancer. He was 59 years old.
- He joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1987. He was six time parliamentarian from Bengaluru South constituency in Lok Sabha since 1996.
- During his representation as State President of BJP in 2004 Assembly elections, the party emerged as the single largest party in Karnataka for the first time.
- He held charge of two significant ministries in the Narendra Modi government – Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry since May 2014 and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs since July 2016.
- Prior to that, he was the youngest minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Cabinet and had held Civil Aviation; Tourism, Sports, Youth Affairs and Culture; Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation portfolios.
- In January 1998, Kumar became the first Indian politician to host his personal websites ‘www.dataindia.com’ and ‘www.ananth.org’.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananth_Kumar
https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/union-minister-ananth-kumar-passes-away-1541997360-1