C. S. Niranjan Kumar

C. S. Niranjan Kumar (born 12 December 1973) is an Indian politician who served as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He represented the Gundlupet Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Early life and education Kumar was born on 12 December 1973 in Karnataka. He pursued his higher education in commerce and completed his Bachelor's degree in Commerce.

Political career Kumar is a prominent local leader associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Chamarajanagar district region.

2017 By-election Kumar's major entry into the electoral spotlight occurred during the 2017 by-election for the Gundlupet constituency. The by-poll was necessitated by the sudden death of the incumbent minister and five-time MLA, H. S. Mahadeva Prasad. Kumar contested as the BJP candidate against Geetha Mahadeva Prasad (the late minister's wife) of the Indian National Congress. Despite a strong campaign, Kumar was defeated by a margin of 10,887 votes.

2018 General Election In the subsequent 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, the BJP once again fielded Kumar from the Gundlupet constituency. In a reversal of the previous year's by-poll results, Kumar successfully defeated the incumbent Congress MLA, Geetha Mahadeva Prasad, by a comfortable margin of 16,684 votes, securing his first term in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He served a full five-year term until the 2023 state elections, where he was succeeded by H. M. Ganesh Prasad of the Indian National Congress.

Personal life Kumar is married and his wife is a homemaker; together they have one son. In May 2020, during his tenure as MLA, Kumar briefly faced media scrutiny when a controversy erupted over his son taking a horse ride on a state highway near Gundlupet during the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.