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Senior-most incumbent MLA successful India and a Lingayat strongman of the Congress, 94-year-old Shamanur Shivashankarappa, who passed distant connected Sunday, volition beryllium remembered not conscionable for the empire helium built arsenic an industrialist and educationist, but besides for his authorities and the enactment helium did arsenic president of the All India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha. The person from cardinal Karnataka volition beryllium remembered arsenic overmuch for his untiring tone and emotion for life, which kept him progressive adjacent successful his ripe aged age.
Born connected June 16, 1931, to Savithramana and Shamanur Kallappa, Mr. Shivashankarappa did not person a large commencement successful business. But retired of sheer grit and planning, helium managed to physique an empire that present comprises a concatenation of acquisition institutions and a radical of industries. He belonged to the aged schoolhouse of politics, but had adapted himself to the changing governmental scenario.
Country’s oldest MLA
When helium defeated BJP campaigner B.G. Ajay Kumar successful 2023 to participate the Legislative Assembly for the sixth clip from Davangere South, helium was 92. He was the country’s oldest MLA. To flooded the disadvantage of age, Mr. Shivashankarappa had utilized the unconventional method of canvassing for the predetermination sitting successful an electrical buggy.
With the win, Mr. Shivashankarappa’s household excessively had created a grounds of sorts. Along with him, his lad S.S. Mallikarjun (now a Minister) excessively had won from Davangere North. Subsequently, different subordinate of the family, Prabha Mallikarjun, his daughter-in-law, entered the Lok Sabha successful 2024, making it 3 successful a family.
Back successful 1969
It was successful 1969 that Mr. Shivashankarappa’s stint with the Congress started. He won municipal assembly predetermination successful Davangere and subsequently became the president successful the adjacent mates of years. Mr. Shivashankarappa served the State Congress committee arsenic treasurer for a fewer decades. He entered the Assembly for the archetypal clip successful 1994, past went connected to triumph for six times and besides served arsenic MP once. He was besides Horticulture Minister during Siddaramaiah’s erstwhile tenure arsenic Chief Minister.
In his governmental career, Mr. Shivashankarappa had adjacent relation with respective Chief Ministers and leaders crossed parties successful the State. At the aforesaid time, helium besides encountered controversies due to the fact that of his remarks connected definite issues. As caput of All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, a typical assemblage of the Lingayats, Mr. Shivashankarappa besides courted contention for his wavering stance connected the contented of autarkic religion presumption for Lingayatism.
As the Lingayat question resulted successful a rift betwixt Lingayats and Veerashaivas, starring to the commencement of the Jagatika Lingayat Mahasabha, helium made efforts to unite some . It resulted successful the mahasabha being named arsenic ‘Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha’. His remarks connected seers besides had landed him successful occupation and truthful besides was his batting successful favour of erstwhile Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa.
Till his past days, Mr. Shivashankarappa served arsenic caput of Bapuji Education Society and the Shamanur Group of Industries, nether the banner of which respective philanthropic activities are besides being done benefitting the needy.
