H. S. Prakash

H.S.Prakash
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka for Hassan
In office
8 May 2013 – 16 May 2018
In office
May 2008 – May 2013
In office
May 2004 – October 2007
In office
December 1994 – August 1999
Personal details
Born(1951-09-13)13 September 1951
Hassan, Mysore State, India
Died27 November 2018(2018-11-27) (aged 67)
Hassan, India
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular)
SpouseLalitha Prakash
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
ResidenceHassan
OccupationAgriculture

Hassan Sanniah Prakash (13 September 1951 – 27 November 2018) was an Indian politician and a four-term MLA in the state of Karnataka, representing the Hassan constituency. He was a member of Janata Dal (Secular). Prakash served as a member of Hassan city municipal council from 1983 to 1989, and was president of the municipal council from 1985 to 1987. He was elected for the fourth time as a member of the legislative assembly in the 2013 Karnataka state assembly election.

He was first elected as MLA for the Hassan constituency in the 1994 election.[1] He unsuccessfully contested the next elections in 1999, but was elected again in the 2004, 2008 and 2013 Karnataka state assembly elections.[2] His son Swaroop Prakash is the present sitting MLA from Hassan assembly constituency.

He was also the chairman of Sanjeevini co-operative hospital from 2001, co-founded by Dr. A. C. Munivenkate Gowda and Dr. Gururaj Hebbar, which also runs an institution H. D. Deve Gowda college of nursing and paramedical science.

References

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  1. ^ Welcome H. S. Prakash ! Congratulations on your victory Archived 28 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. mpmla.in
  2. ^ Karnataka Elections 2008 Archived 9 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Karnatakaelections.in. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.