Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Karnataka's Chamarajanagar, V Srinivasa Prasad passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday night, reported ANI. He breathed his last after being in an intensive care unit for the last four days.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolence branding Prasad as "champion of social justice."
"I am extremely pained by the passing away of senior leader and MP from Chamarajanagar, Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad Ji," said PM Modi in a social media post on X.
He was a champion of social justice, having devoted his life to the welfare of the poor, downtrodden and marginalised, Modi said, adding: "He was very popular for his various works of community service. Condolences to his family and supporters."