K. H. Muniyappa

Muniyappa belongs to Madiga community, a member of Scheduled Castes community. He completed his graduation in law in 1986 at SJRC College, which is affiliated with Bangalore University. He was also awarded a doctorate by Gulbarga University. He belongs to Madiga community, a sub-group which is considered as a Dalit left community. == Career ==

Muniyappa has represented Kolar seven times consecutively: He was first elected as an MP in 1991 to the 10th Lok Sabha. Then he won the MP seat for the next six elections to become a seven time MP. He was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha, 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha. However, he lost the 2019 elections to a largely unknown face S. Muniswamy by more than one lakh votes. He was Minister of state in Government of India from 22 May 2004 to 28 October 2012. Muniyappa was the Union Minister of state for Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He was administered the oath of office along with 59 other ministers on 28 May 2009 by President of India Pratibha Patil. His son in law Sashidhar JE was made a secretary 2 of Vidhana Soudha, when the post was already running and the Speaker has sought a clarification after a protest by BJP. ==Awards==

• He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the 32nd Annual Convocation of Gulbarga University in 2014. ==Elections Contested==

Lok Sabha Karnataka Legislative Assembly ==References==