Bengaluru: AICC General Secretary in-czharge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on May 14 said Latha Mallikarjun, who has got elected as an independent from Harapanahalli Assembly segment has extended unconditional support to the Congress party in the State.
Latha Mallikarjun, is daughter of Veteran Leader and Former Deputy Chief Minister late M. P. Prakash. She has extended unconditional support to the Congress Party in Karnataka considering her ideological roots and commitment to Congress ideals.
“I thank her, and her husband Mallikarjun and all the supporters and well wishers. We will serve the 6.5 Crore Kannadigas together,” Surjewala said in a tweet.
Latha Mallikarjun has won the Harapanahalli seat by defeating BJP’s G. Karunakara Reddy by a margin of 13,845 votes. M. P. Prakash was a Veteran Socialist and Janata Parivar leader. In his last days, he had joined Congress which was continued by his son, M. P. Ravindra, who died in 2018.