Ajjikuttira K Subbaiah

Ajjikuttira Kariappa Subbaiah was the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council,  He was a lawyer practicing in the Karnataka High Court, and a social activist.

Life

Born : 9 August 1934 

Death : 27 August 2019

Family

Father

Chinnavva and Kariappa

Mother

Chinnavva and Kariappa

Spouse

Daty Ponnamma  ( Chiyakapoovanda )

Children

Ponnanna

 

Career 

He was elected as first president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980. During his supervision, the party won 18 assembly seats in the 1983 elections . He instrumented the  first non-congress government in Karnataka formed by MrRamakrishna Hegde with support from Subbaiah and the 18 BJP MLAs (Members of Legislative Assembly). He again was elected an MLC from the Congress party