While Hindutva activist Arun Kumar Puthila was a strong ... elected Vinay Kumar Sorake of the Congress in 1985 and 1989; former chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda of the BJP in 1994 and 1999 ...

the Congress party said. The post of NHRC chairperson had been lying vacant since Justice (retd) Arun Kumar Mishra completed his tenure on June 1. Justice (Retd) V Ramasubramanian has been ...