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The mortal remains of Kumar would be placed at his residence in Basavanagudifor the entire day today, state BJP General Secretary N RaviKumar said in a statement.
Kumar was a BJP Member of Parliament (MP) from South Bengaluru constituency
Kumar's statement comes after Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday.
"Parliamentary business has been affected since Rahul Gandhi became president of the Congress. He has no experience in the legislative work," the parliamentary affairs minister said.
The session will have nearly 18 sittings, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters here.
At the same time, he added that the government was determined to go ahead with the key bills, including the one on triple talaq and the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018.
The notices for no-confidence motion against the government -- given by YSR Congress member Y V Subba Reddy and two members of the TDP ( Thota Narasimham and Jayadev Galla) -- could not be taken up in the Lok Sabha today due to noisy protests by several parties.
Briefing reporters on the proceedings of the weekly BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, he said the prime minister appealed for a consensus in passage of the 'Muslim women Protection of Rights on Marriage' Bill.
"The construction of Ramagundam fertiliser plant is time-bound. I am also going to visit the plant site within next one month," Kumar told reporters here last night.
"The Congress is synonymous with blackmoney, corruption and scams," the Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister alleged while talking to reporters here this evening.
A report by the Forensic Sciences Lab accessed by CNN-News18 brings fresh trouble for the Karnataka BJP heavyweights months before Assembly elections in the southern state where the saffron party is trying to wrest power from the Congress.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar reminded the opposition that a discussion on the issue of farmers is listed in today's agenda. He said the government was ready for a debate and would answer all the questions raised by members. "Do not interrupt the House. Let us debate," he said.
The country imported 84.74 lakh tonnes in 2015-16, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, while responding to the issue raised by Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge, accused him of "misleading" the House.
With exit polls projecting a good show by the saffron party, including in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh where it is projected to emerge as the single largest party, its highest decision-making body is likely to take stock of the situation and chalk out future strategy.
With Opposition members raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Singh said the government has taken serious note of the issue.
Replying to a question on GST bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said, "That is on the plate. GST council is meeting on 18th and it will be decided after that, but we are hopeful that supporting GST bills will be passed in the next phase of the session."
The Budget Session of the Parliament begins on February 1. According to the Press Information Bureau, Union Minster of Parliamentary Affairs, Ananth Kumar stated that the legislative agenda of the 31 sittings of the Budget session includes 40 bills consisting of a bill relating to supplementary demands for the general Budget.
Fertiliser subsidy arrears are estimated to be around Rs 35,000 crore by end of this fiscal. In view of delayed payment of subsidy by the government, the industry has to bear about Rs 4,000 crore annually as interest cost.
Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar today assured that within the next two months, financial transactions of retailers and dealers of fertilisers would be in digital format.
Asserting that the people have supported demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has brought 'Janshakti' (people's power) into prominence with the decision and flayed the opposition, saying it got "exposed" in Rajya Sabha by not agreeing to a debate despite his presence there twice.
With banks flushed with money after demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Fertiliser Minister Ananth Kumar said the government was looking at providing loans to the industry at a reasonable rate through special banking arrangement.
Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that if the Prime Minister of the Speaker calls an-all party meeting they would go.
As soon as the House met for the day, Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that the issue of scrapping of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination notes be discussed through an adjounment motion and not the rule proposed by the government.
Meanwhile, when asked about problems faced by farmers, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said: "The process for exchanging notes and depositing cash is happening smoothly in villages. People can exchange their old notes."
