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Asnotikar Anand Vasant is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Karwar in the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Controversies
Operation Kamala
“Operation Kamala” (hybrid wordfrom the English Operation and the Kannada Kamala meaning "Lotus" an Election symbol of BJP.) was a term coined in 2008, when the BJP was three seats short of majority to form the government in Karnataka under B. S. Yeddyurappa. Former minister and minelord G. Janardhana Reddy worked out a method to circumvent the Anti-Defection Law and secured the support of legislators needed to take BJP past the majority-mark. Opposition parties alleged that the BJP is now expanding Operation Kamala nationwide. While BJP continues to deny this allegation.
He was one of the 7 MLAs fell for Operation Kamala and resigned in 2008.