Kumar Bangarappa  

Madhu Bangarappa of the JDS, supported by the Congress, faced Raghavendra of the BJP in Shivamogga Lok Sabha poll. Madhu is the son of former Karnataka chief minister late Bangarappa and Raghavendra is the son of state’s ex-chief minister Yeddyurappa. Madhu is confident of a win
 

BJP leaders BS Yeddyurappa, Jagadish Shettar, Sadananda Gowda, R Ashoka, V Somanna, Basavara Bommai pay their last respects to Union minister HN Ananth Kumar, who breathed his last in Bengaluru, after battling cancer.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP leaders BS Yeddyurappa, Kumar Bangarappa, Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Vala and many other leaders paid their last respects to the veteran leader

Kumar Bangarappa brought up the name of actress Radhika Kumaraswamy to question Kumaraswamy's integrity. After Kumaraswamy fielded his first wife Anitha Kumaraswamy for the Mandya constituency, which would see a by-election, Bangarappa asked why Kumaraswamy's alleged second wife Radhika was ignored.