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Veteran Congress person and MLC B.K. Hariprasad, 72, is apt to beryllium appointed the adjacent president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
However, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has not yet made an authoritative announcement.
If appointed, Mr. Hariprasad volition win D.K. Shivakumar, who is set to presume bureau arsenic Karnataka’s caller Chief Minister connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) evening astatine Lok Bhavan. Reports suggest that MPs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi spoke to Mr. Hariprasad and projected his sanction for the post.
Vocal professional of Modi govt
Mr. Hariprasad presently serves arsenic an MLC, and his word is scheduled to extremity this month. He is known arsenic a vocal professional of the Narendra Modi-led government, the BJP, and the RSS. He has besides served arsenic a Rajya Sabha subordinate and held respective positions wrong the AICC.
Belonging to the Billava assemblage (OBC), Hariprasad was calved connected July 29, 1954. Prominent leaders Janardhana Poojary and S. Bangarappa, who besides belonged to the Billava assemblage and served arsenic KPCC presidents, hailed from Karnataka’s coastal and Malnad regions, respectively.
Mr. Hariprasad was the United Opposition’s campaigner for the station of Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha but mislaid to Harivansh Narayan Singh of the NDA.
He besides contested the 1999 Lok Sabha predetermination from Bengaluru South and was defeated by BJP person and erstwhile Union Minister the precocious Ananth Kumar.
Former Minister Satish Jarkiholi had besides been lobbying for the KPCC president’s post, but appears to person mislaid retired to Mr. Hariprasad.
