Latha Mallikarjun

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Latha Mallikarjun (born 1966) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. She is a member of the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Harapanahalli assembly constituency in Vijayanagara district. She won on an independent ticket. [1]

Background

Mallikarjun is the daughter of veteran Janata parivar and Congress leader and former deputy chief minister late MP Prakash. [2] She defeated G. Karunakara Reddy of BJP by 13,845 votes. [3] After the death of her father, her brother and three sisters also joined politics. Her brother MP Ravindra, who joined Congress also passed away in 2018. [4] While her two sisters MP Latha and MP Veena are with Congress, her other sister MP Suma joined BJP. She contested as an independent after she was denied a Congress ticket. [4] [5] But after winning the seat, she pledged her support to the newly elected Congress government. [6]

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References

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