Former Union Minister V. Dhananjay Kumar passes away in Mangaluru

Former Union Minister V. Dhananjay Kumar passes away in Mangaluru after a prolonged illness.

Venur Dhananjay Kumar was Member of Parliament from Mangalore. Kumar was a cabinet minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism in 1996, Union Minister of State for Finance from 1999–2000 and Union Minister of State for Textiles from 2000–2003. Dhananjay Kumar was the Special Representative of the Government of Karnataka to the Union Government in New Delhi.

Dhananjay Kumar began his political career in the youth wing of Bharatiya Janta Party and later went on to become a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1983.