B. N. Vijaya Kumar
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image=BN Vijay Kumar.jpeg
| office =Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 4 May 2018
| predecessor = Ramalinga Reddy
| successor = Soumya Reddy
| constituency = Jayanagar
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| birth_date= {{birth date|1958|07|07|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|05|4|1958|7|7|df=y}}
| death_place = Bangalore, India
}}
B. N. Vijaya Kumar (October 1958 – 4 May 2018) was an Indian politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Jayanagar in Bangalore. Kumar was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, having joined in 1990.{{cite news|title=BN Vijaya Kumar passes away at 59: Two-time BJP MLA played active role in ABVP, spearheaded RTI movement|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bn-vijaya-kumar-passes-away-at-59-two-time-bjp-mla-played-active-role-in-abvp-spearheaded-rti-movement-4456085.html|accessdate=14 April 2025|publisher=Firstpost|date=4 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414184106/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bn-vijaya-kumar-passes-away-at-59-two-time-bjp-mla-played-active-role-in-abvp-spearheaded-rti-movement-4456085.html|archivedate=14 April 2025|language=en-us}}
Biography
Vijaya Kumar was born in October 1958.{{cite web |title=B.N.Vijay Kumar, BJP Karnataka |url=http://karnataka.bjp.org/b-n-vijay-kumar/ |website=karnataka.bjp.org |publisher=karnataka.bjp.org |accessdate=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613141519/http://karnataka.bjp.org/b-n-vijay-kumar/ |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }} He completed schooling in HAL School and RV High School, and graduated in BE Civil Engineering from the BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1990.
He was General Secretary of Bangalore City BJP for almost 12 years. He was representing Jayanagar Assembly Constituency. He was also President of BJP for Bangalore city unit.
He was elected 2 times in a row as MLA from Jayanagar Constituency.
He had started many developmental projects in his constituency, including the Swacha Bharat campaign of Government of India.
He died after a massive heart attack on 4 May 2018.{{cite news|title=Bengaluru: BJP's Jayanagar MLA BN Vijayakumar dies of heart attack|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-bjps-jayanagar-mla-bn-vijayakumar-dies-of-heart-attack/articleshow/64023327.cms|accessdate=14 April 2025|publisher=The Times of India|date=4 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414184123/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-bjps-jayanagar-mla-bn-vijayakumar-dies-of-heart-attack/articleshow/64023327.cms|archivedate=14 April 2025}}{{cite news|title=Jayanagar BJP Lawmaker BN Vijayakumar Dies Of A Heart Attack During Election Rally|url=https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/karnataka-assembly-election-2018-jayanagar-bjp-mla-bn-vijayakumar-dies-of-a-heart-attack-during-elec-1846927|accessdate=14 April 2025|work=|publisher=NDTV|date=4 May 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414184605/https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/karnataka-assembly-election-2018-jayanagar-bjp-mla-bn-vijayakumar-dies-of-a-heart-attack-during-elec-1846927|archivedate=14 April 2025|language=en}}
Sources
- {{cite web|url=http://www.thisweekbangalore.com/issue174/news12-Jayanagar-Academic.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204080138/http://www.thisweekbangalore.com/issue174/news12-Jayanagar-Academic.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |title=From Jayanagar Academic Committee |accessdate=22 November 2012 }}
- {{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Jayanagar-MLA-harvests-water-in-backyard-/articleshow/3469275.cms | title=Jayanagar MLA harvests water in backyard | date=11 September 2008 | accessdate=11 January 2020 | first=Aarthi | last=R | newspaper=The Times Of India}}
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