It was a bolt from the blue, the sudden demise of the minister for co-operation and sugar HS Mahadeva Prasad. On Tuesday morning, at a private resort in Koppa, Chikkamagaluru district he took his final breath. The State government announced a day off followed by a three-day mourning in the State.
The five-time MLA from Gundlupet Constituency in Chamarajanagar district was a near associate of the chief minister Siddaramaiah and. Local Congress leaders said as their repeated attempts to reach the Minister over phone and by knocking the door failed, his room was opened using a spare key, Shri. Prasad was found bereft of life. He was in Koppa to attend an official function,
The 58-year-old Prasad listed the State Assembly in 1994 and since then has been elected successively 5 times. The compassionate leader was inducted into the coalition government of Dharam Singh. A trusty chauvinist of chief minister Siddaramaiah, he joined the Congress along with Siddaramaiah.
Born on August 5, 1958, Prasad was a post-graduate in Political Science and started his public life by setting up Sangama Trust in 1980s and actively engaged in organizing mass marriages, health camps and job fairs in Gundlupet.
Siddaramaiah said, “The State has lost a humble, committed leader and I have lost a very good friend. He was a politician with spotlessly clean image and was a very efficient and committed minister who discharged his responsibilities with diligence”, expressing his profound condolences.