K. B. Prasanna Kumar is a politician from Karnataka. He defeated

K. S. Eshwarappa K. S. Eshwarappa (born 10 June 1948) is an Indian politician and a senior Bharatiya Janata Party member, who was the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, in the government headed by Jagadish Shettar. He has also served as the Minister for En ...

, Ex-Deputy Chief Minister in the Shimoga constituency in the

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 5 May 2013 to elect members from 223 constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka. Five major political parties contested the election: Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Ja ...

.Paper boy-turned-politician who humbled mighty Eshwarappa
Daijiworld Media Network – Shimoga (SP) Shimoga, 10 May 2013: "A boy, who had no political ambitions when young, and who used to earn something by distributing daily newspapers at the doorsteps of his customers, has made headlines in the same newspapers now. His achievement of humbling political stalwart and deputy chief minister of the state, K S Eshwarappa, has compelled people to sit up and take notice."

Early life

Prasanna Kumar was born on 17 November 1968. His father's name is Krishnamurthy and his mother's name is Bhagirati Bai. He lost his father at an early age and had to support his family. Kumar did his schooling at Deshiya Vidyashala Shimoga. He joined Acharya Tulasi College for his B.Com. He could not study further due to financial problems.

References

https://www.elections.in/karnataka/mla/k.b.-prasanna-kumar.html

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130308065141/http://www.bprasannakumar.com/main.html * http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=418 Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka People from Shimoga 1968 births Living people {{Karnataka-INC-politician-stub