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B. Shankaranand

B. Shankaranand

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B. Shankaranand (1925-2009) was a congress leader from Karnataka and minister in government of India.

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He held the following portfolios in the Union Cabinet:

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He worked as a cabinet minister under the Prime Ministership of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao.

He headed the first ever Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) formed to investigate into the Bofors deal which gave its report on 26 April 1988.[2]

He has represented Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency) for 29 years from 1967 to 1996, winning 7 times consecutively from the same place in his political career, creating a record of sorts.[3]

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    web master. "Tenth Lok sabha Members Bioprofile". PARLIAMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE. National Informatics Centre (NIC). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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    Former Union Minister B Shankaranand passes away | NetIndian
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    "ಚಿಕ್ಕೋಡಿ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಕಿರುಪರಿಚಯ". 27 March 2014.


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