M Krishnappa is an Indian politician from the state of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

Personal life

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

Bannerghatta National Park Bannerghatta National Park is a national park in India, located In Bengaluru and Ramanagara District, Karnataka. It was founded in 1970 and declared as a national park in 1974.

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 Uttarahalli is a southern suburb of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka Demographics India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population infor ...

, which was still not part of the Greater Bengaluru. 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 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

he was elected as Member of

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature ...

for the first time from

Bangalore South Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

Constituency. He is serving as MLA for Third Consecutive Term from

Assembly Constituency after winning the seat in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

elections.

Controversies

On 9 December 2014,

Lokayukta The Lokayukta (also Lok Ayukta; ''lokāyukta'', "civil commissioner''"'') is an Indian Parliamentary Ombudsman who may be appointed for each of the State Governments of India. The role was introduced by the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act of 2013 to ...

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 A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala (born 23 January 1937) is an Indian statesman who was the 12th Governor of Karnataka from 1 September 2014 to 6 July 2021. He is also the longest-serving governor for Karnataka after Khurshed Alam Khan. Vajubhai served a ...

rejected the Lokayukta order to dismiss the MLA from his duties later on.

References

External links

Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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