B. K. Hariprasad

B.K. Hariprasad (born 29 July 1954) is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is a former Member of Parliament who represented Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was the candidate of the United Opposition for the post of Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and lost to Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh of NDA.

B. K. Hariprasad
Leader of the Opposition of Karnataka Legislative Council
In office 26 January 2022 - 15 May 2023
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Preceded by	S. R. Patil
Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2020
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 26 June 2014 – 25 June 2020
Constituency	Karnataka
In office 22 August 2013 – 25 June 2014
Preceded by	Anil Lad
Constituency	Karnataka
In office 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2010
Constituency	Karnataka
In office 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
Constituency	Karnataka
Personal details
Born	(1954-07-29) 29 July 1954 Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Bangalore

Early life

Hariprasad was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, to A. Kempaiah and K. Gunavathi in the south Kalwar family. He did his B.Com. at M.E.S. College, Bangalore University, Bangalore.

Political career

Hariprasad is General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. He lost the Lok Sabha election to Ananthkumar of BJP in Bangalore South. In 1999, Hariprasad contested unsuccessfully against Kumar.

General Election 1999

Indian general election, 1999: Bangalore South Party Candidate Votes % ± BJP Ananth Kumar 4,10,161 50.99 INC B. K. Hariprasad 3,44,107 42.78 JD(S) B. T. Parthasarathy 22,801 2.83 AIADMK D. Arumugam 11,643 1.45 Independent Dr. B. R. Manjunath 11,636 1.45 Majority 66,054 8.21 Turnout 8,04,342 54.08 BJP hold Swing

Personal life

Hariprasad is married to Usha and they have a daughter.

External links

• Detailed Profile: Shri B.K. Hariprasad