| S. Muniswamy | |
| Birth Date: | 1975 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Yaluvaguli, Malur Taluk, Kolar District, Karnataka |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Termstart: | 23 May 2019 |
| Constituency2: | Kolar |
| Predecessor: | K. H. Muniyappa |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse: | Shylaja |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Source: | https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/5179?from=members |
Sadappa Muniswamy (b 1975) is an Indian politician, a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from Kolar in Karnataka in 2019 as a BJP candidate after causing massive upset by defeating congress heavyweight, former central minister and seven time member of parliament K. H. Muniyappa in his own bastion.[1] [2] Muniswamy participated in the launch of a new train service from Kolar to Whitefield and during the occasion promised to take up the doubling work of railway line between Marikuppam and Bangarpet-Kolar-Bangarpet.[3]
In just a decade and half his political fortunes have skyrocketed from being a panchayat member to Member of Parliament. He was first elected in Kadugodi in Panchayat elections.[4] Later he became a Corporator from Kadugodi Ward in Bangalore after winning BBMP elections in 2015. S. Muniswamy had unsuccessfully contested mayoral election, but lost against Sampath Raju of Congress in 2018.[5]
On Womens Day event, Muniswamy scolded a woman vendor for not wearing bindi. Criticising it Congress MP P. Chidambaram said BJP will one day make India "Hindutva Iran".[6]