C. P. Mudalagiriyappa

Chirathahalli Papegowda Mudalagiriyappa (24 June 1940 – 23 March 2024) was an Indian politician and leader of Indian National Congress (INC) from Karnataka. He was a three-time Member of Parliament and represented Chitradurga in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. He was also a member of the parliamentary delegation led by the G. M. C. Balayogi to Iraq in 1998.

Biography Mudalagiriyappa was born on 24 June 1940 in Chirathahalli of Tumkur district, Karnataka. Papegowda was his father. Mudalagiriyappa completed his education in B.A. and B.L. at Government Law College and Bangalore University, Bangalore in Karnataka.

Mudalagiriyappa was elected as member of the Karnataka legislative assembly in his first attempt when he contested Sira in the 1985 election. He unsuccessfully contested Chitradurga in the 2004 election on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, and lost to INC's N. Y. Hanumanthappa.

Mudalagiriyappa married Lakshmi Devi on 7 May 1970 and the couple had one son and one daughter. His son C. M. Rajesh Gowda is a doctor and former legislator. Mudalagiriyappa died on 23 March 2024, at the age of 83.

Member of the Estimates Committee. Member of Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals. Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Urban Development. 7. 1998 1999 MP (3rd term) in 12th Lok Sabha from Chitradurga.

Member of Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and its Sub-Committee-A on Department of Food and Civil Supplies. Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House. Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Labour.