BSY’s close confidant Siddalingaswamy no more

Team Udayavani, Jun 6, 2024, 12:04 PM IST

Mysuru: BJP leader and close confidant of former Chief Minister B S Yeddiyurappa, Ka Pu Siddalingaswamy (58), passws away on Thursday morning at a private hospital in Mysuru.

He was suffering from liver infection and was admitted at the hospital for a few weeks.

Ka Pu Siddalingaswamy served as personal assistant of former CM B S Yeddiyurappa when he was CM. He had also served as Chairperson of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation during the previous BJP-led state government.

His mortal remains will be kept at his residence at JP Nagar in Mysuru till 10.30 am. Later it will be shifted to his native Karya in Nanjangud taluk for public viewing, where his final rites would be held as per Lingayat community customs by 4 pm.