BENGALURU: India’s oldest legislator, the 95-year-old Shamanur Shivashankarappa of the Congress in Karnataka, died in Bengaluru on Sunday pf age-related sickness. He was elected MLA six occasions and was a minister minister within the Siddaramaiah authorities from 2013 to 2016.
He additionally elected to the Lok Sabha as soon as and was president of the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha.
Shivashankarappa was first elected to the Assembly on the age of 65 in 1994 on a Congress ticket. He represented Davangere South in 2023.
His son, minister S.S. Mallikarjun, who was on his method to Tirumala rushed again to town. The mortal stays of Shivashankarappa shall be taken to Davangere for public viewing.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar, former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda condoled the demise of Shivashankarappa.
