Summary:
He became a Union Minister at a young age (37) in the Vajpayee’s governments of 1998-99 and 1999-2004. Kumar was among those who helped the BJP to take power in Karnataka on its own in 2008. Ananth Kumar, who died on Monday, was widely regarded as an able political organiser who helped build the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka to expand the party’s reach in the country’s south. Advani, who made him a BJP national General Secretary at a young age. He was also the party’s state unit president in 2003 and contributed to making the BJP a powerful opposition after the 2004 elections..