Karnataka declares holiday today in Chamarajanagar, Mysore districts following BJP leader V Srinivas Prasad's death
ANI news agency quoted the Karnataka CM as saying on Monday. Siddaramaiah recalled that when he met the BJP leader 15 days earlier, they discussed politics, and V Srinivas did not seem pleased about it. While speaking to the reporters, the Karnataka CM stated, “A happy moment in politics are very rare.
There are few happy moments while struggling for social causes," reported ANI. The Chief Minister praised the former Union minister, noting that V Srinivas “did politics with me and was a minister in the cabinet. It is very sad to lose someone who was with me in both the Janata Party and Congress." Honouring the BJP leader, the CM noted that V Srinivas Prasad was straightforward in his talks and fought against social inequalities.
V Srinivas Prasad was a Dalit leader from the Old Mysuru region. Before joining the BJP in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections, he was with the Congress. Due to a political fallout with CM Siddaramaiah, he had joined the BJP.
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