Bengaluru: Former MLA of Bhadravathi and senior JD(S) leader M J Appaji Gowda, died of Covid -19 in District McGann hospital in Shivamogga on Wednesday night. He was 67.
He is survived by a son and a daughter. He complained of respiratory disorder three days ago and he was admitted to a private hospital in the city.
He was shifted to McGann hospital after he was tested positive for Covid -19 where he breathed his last.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy condoled to the death of Gowda and said that he emerged as leader raising voice for labourers of the Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited.
Gowda contested as an independent candidate in 1994 and won. He was reelected in 1999. He won as a JDS candidate in 2013 but was defeated in 2018.