C. P. Mudalagiriyappa Explained

Birth Date:1940 6, df=y
Birth Place:Chirathahalli, Tumkur, Kingdom of Mysore
Death Place:Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Education:B.A. and B.L.
Alma Mater:Bangalore University
Profession:Agriculturist, lawyer, politician, social worker
Office1:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Chitradurga
Termstart1:1989
Termend1:1996
Predecessor1:K. H. Ranganath
Successor1:P. Kondandaramaiah
Termstart2:1998
Termend2:1999
Predecessor2:P. Kondandaramaiah
Successor2:Shashi Kumar
Office3:Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Termstart3:1985
Termend3:1989
Constituency3:Sira
Predecessor3:P. Mudlegowda
Successor3:S. K. Dasappa
Party:Indian National Congress
Otherparty:Bharatiya Janata Party
Children:2, including C. M. Rajesh Gowda

Chirathahalli Papegowda Mudalagiriyappa (24 June 1940 – 23 March 2024) was an Indian politician and leader of Indian National Congress (INC) from Karnataka. He was a three-time Member of Parliament and represented Chitradurga in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.[1] [2] He was also a member of the parliamentary delegation led by the G. M. C. Balayogi to Iraq in 1998. His son C. M. Rajesh Gowda is a doctor and former legislator.[3]

Biography

Mudalagiriyappa was born on 24 June 1940 in Chirathahalli of Tumkur district, Karnataka. Papegowda was his father.[4] Mudalagiriyappa completed his education in B.A. and B.L. at Government Law College and Bangalore University, Bangalore in Karnataka.

Mudalagiriyappa was elected as member of the Karnataka legislative assembly in his first attempt when he contested Sira in the 1985 election.[3] He was then elected thrice from Chitradurga to the Lok Sabha, and served as a member of parliament between 1988 and 1999. In 1996, he lost to P. Kondandaramaiah of the Janata Dal and in 1999 to Shashi Kumar of the Janata Dal (Secular). In 2004, Mudalagiriyappa resigned from primary membership of the INC stating that the party had become the private enterprise of a few individuals.[5] He unsuccessfully contested Chitradurga in the 2004 election on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket,[6] and lost to INC's N. Y. Hanumanthappa.

Mudalagiriyappa married Lakshmi Devi on 7 May 1970 and the couple had one son and one daughter. His son C. M. Rajesh Gowda is a doctor and former legislator. Mudalagiriyappa died on 23 March 2024, at the age of 83.[3]

Positions held

!#!From!To!Position
1.19791982General Secretary of District Congress Committee (Indira) D.C.C.(I), Karnataka.
2.19791989Chairman of Legal Cell in Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) P.C.C.(I), Karnataka.
3.1980Member of Constitution Amendment Committee in Karnataka Government.
4.19851989Member of Legislative Assembly from Sira constituency.
  • Member of Committee on subordinate legislation.
  • Member of the Estimates committee.
  • Member of Committee on Public undertakings.
5.19891991MP (1st term) in 9th Lok Sabha from Chitradurga.
  • Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
6.19911996MP (2nd term) in 10th Lok Sabha from Chitradurga.[7] [8] [9]
  • Member of the Estimates Committee.
  • Member of Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals.
  • Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Urban Development.
7.19981999MP (3rd term) in 12th Lok Sabha from Chitradurga.[10] [11]
  • Member of Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and its Sub-Committee-A on Department of Food and Civil Supplies.
  • Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House.
  • Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Labour.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members Bioprofile -. 26 December 2017 .
  2. Book: Sabha, India Parliament Lok . Lok Sabha Debates . 1993 . Lok Sabha Secretariat. . en.
  3. News: Former MP C P Mudalagiriyappa passes away at 84 . 23 March 2024 . Deccan Herald . 23 March 2024.
  4. Book: Sabha, India Parliament Lok . Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha . 2003 . Lok Sabha Secretariat . en.
  5. News: Mudalagiriyappa quits Congress . 29 April 2024 . The Hindu . 20 March 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050323133403/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/20/stories/2004032013820400.htm . 23 March 2005.
  6. News: Mudalagiriyappa gets BJP ticket . 29 April 2024 . The Hindu . 24 March 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110913021308/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/24/stories/2004032406900400.htm . 13 September 2011.
  7. Book: Radio, All India . Lok Sabha Poll: An A.I.R. Analysis . 1991 . News Services Division, All India Radio, Government of India . en.
  8. Book: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha: Constituency data, summary . 1996 . Election Commission of India . en.
  9. Book: Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha: Detailed results . 1996 . Election Commission of India . en.
  10. Book: Rajamani, R. C. . Portraits of India's Parliamentarians for the New Millennium: Lok Sabha . 2000 . Gyan Publishing House . 978-81-212-0692-1 . en.
  11. Book: Aggarwal . J. C. . Lok Sabha Elections 1999: Last of the Millennium . Chowdhry . N. K. . 2000 . Shipra Publications . 978-81-7541-051-0 . en.