B. K. Hariprasad
B.K. Hariprasad is a politician from the Indian National Congress. 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 Harivansh Narayan Singh of NDA.
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 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