Marginal Wood Fern – Dryopteris marginalis

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Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar (born 21 October 1956) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Meghalaya. member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mysore constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was elected member of Karnataka legislative assembly from Hunsur in 1994. In 1998, he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Mysore Lok Sabha constituency.

He was re-elected to Mysore Lok Sabha constituency in 2004 against Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, who was the prince of Mysore Kingdom and head of the Wadiyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore between 1399 and 1950.

He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Karnataka holding the following portfolios: forest department from forest, ecology & environment department as well as small scale industries from C & I department.[2]

He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Hassan constituency in 2014 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate against former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.

He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 15 June 2010 till the end of his tenure in Jan 2016.

He resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party and joined Indian National Congress in October 2017.[3] He rejoined Bharatiya Janta Party in November 2019.[4]

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Vijayashankar as Governor of Meghalaya on 27 June 2024.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Siddaramaiah supports C H Vijayashankar Archived 28 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Council of Ministers Archived 19 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Former Minister C.H. Vijayshankar resigns from BJP Archived 18 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Setback for Karnataka Congress as senior leader CH Vijayashankar returns to BJP". www.thenewsminute.com. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. ^ Mallick, Ashesh (28 July 2024). "President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others". India TV News. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.


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