M. Krishnappa (Born 1962)

M Krishnappa is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.

M. Krishnappa
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Karnataka
Assumed office
2008
Preceded bySeat established
ConstituencyBangalore South
Personal details
Born (1962-01-06) 6 January 1962[1]
Bengaluru
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party

Personal life

He is the son of Late Muniswamappa. He did schooling in JSS High School and later passed PUC (Class 12).[2] His wife is an Industrialist. He is a Wildlife conservation activist and adopted an elephant and a tigress at Bannerghatta National Park[3]

Career

Krishnappa began his political career in 1983 helping with his brother's campaign and was first elected in the 2005 Zilla Panchayat elections for a tenure of one year from Uttarahalli, which was still not part of the Greater Bengaluru.[4] During this tenure he became a Counselling Member for Uttarahalli govt school betterment committee. In 2011 he became the Deputy Chairman of BMTC and was still in the post till 2013. The PUC pass MLA states his occupation as entrepreneur of cottage industries.

In 2008 he was elected as Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the first time from Bangalore South Constituency.[5] He is serving as MLA for Third Consecutive Term from Bangalore South Assembly Constituency after winning the seat in 2013 and 2018 elections.[6]

Controversies

On 9 December 2014, Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao upheld the declared that allegations against him were substantiated in denotification case and should not continue to hold his post. However, on 11 December 2014 Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala rejected the Lokayukta order to dismiss the MLA from his duties later on.

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References
  1. https://www.bangalorean.com/blr-constituency/bengaluru-bangalore-bangalore-south/nominee/elections-2018-m-krishnapppa/ BJP Nominee M Krishnappa Bangalore South Constituency
  2. https://myneta.info/karnataka2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=5934 Karnataka 2018 M KRISHNAPPA (Winner) BANGALORE SOUTH (BANGALORE URBAN)
  3. Reddy, Y Maheswara (11 May 2020). "Bengaluru MLA M Krishnappa adopts elephant, tigress". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. Tracking Bangalore South MLA M Krishnappa https://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/tracking-bangalore-south-mla-m-krishnappa-24172
  5. Bangalore South Election Result 2018 live updates: M. Krishnappa wins in Bangalore South constituency https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/karnataka-assembly-election-2018-latest/constituency/article/bangalore-south-m-krishnappa-r-k-ramesh-r-prabhakar-reddy-bjp-congress-jds/224852
  6. "Bangalore South Election Results 2018 Live Updates: BJP's M Krishnappa Won". news18.com. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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