Overview
- Sudhakar, who died Sunday at 3:15 am at KIMS in Bengaluru, had been treated for a severe post-surgical lung infection for about two months while on advanced life support.
- Doctors evaluated him for a possible lung transplant, but his condition worsened and the procedure could not go ahead, with hospital reports noting multi-organ complications.
- The state announced three days of official mourning across Karnataka, and Chitradurga district will observe a public holiday on Monday with public viewing and state-honour last rites planned in Hiriyur and Challakere.
- A four-time MLA and senior Congress figure, he first won from Challakere in 2004, later represented Hiriyur, and served as Social Welfare, Muzrai, and Planning and Statistics minister.
- Leaders across parties, including CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar, Rahul Gandhi and LoP R. Ashoka, praised his people-focused work and offered condolences to his wife Harshini, son Suhas and daughter Spoorthi.