MYSURU: BJP leader and a close aide of former chief minister B S Yediyurappa, Kapu Siddalingaswamy, died here on Thursday morning. He had been ailing for some time and had been hospitalised. However, he did not respond to treatment.
ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಮುಖಂಡ, ಹಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ನನ್ನ ಆಪ್ತ ಸಹಾಯಕರಾಗಿದ್ದ, ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರವಾಸೋದ್ಯಮ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ನಿಗಮದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿಯುೂ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದ ಶ್ರೀ ಕಾಪು ಸಿದ್ಧಲಿಂಗಸ್ವಾಮಿ ನಿಧನರಾದ ಸುದ್ದಿ ತಿಳಿದು ಅತೀವ ದುಃಖವಾಗಿದೆ. ದೇವರು ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸದ್ಗತಿ ಕರುಣಿಸಲಿ, ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗೆ ನೋವನ್ನು ಭರಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ…
— B.S.Yediyurappa (Modi Ka Parivar) (@BSYBJP) June 6, 2024
Siddalingaswamy had unsuccessfully contested the Assembly polls from Varuna constituency in 2014 against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. When Yediyurappa was CM, Siddalingaswamy was made chairman of the KSTDC.
Recently, Yediyurappa and V Somanna had visited Siddalingaswamy at the Apollo Hospital in the city. His last rites will be performed at his native village later today.
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