Marigouda Patil Hulkal, KPCC vice-president, laid to rest
The Hindu
KPCC Vice-President Marigouda Patil Hulkal, a loyal follower of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, laid to rest in Hulkal village.
State vice-president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Marigouda Patil Hulkal, who died of a heart attack in Hulkal village in Shahapur taluk late on Tuesday, was buried in the village on Wednesday as per Halumatha rituals.
He was 63. He is survived by his wife, a son and four daughters.
Mr. Hulkal served as chairman of the Sheep and Wool Development Corporation in 1997. He was president of the District Congress Committee between 2010 and 2022. He was appointed chairman of the Krishna CADA in 2014.
Later, he was appointed as State general secretary and vice-president of KPCC in 2023.
Mr. Hulkal was a close follower of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Minister Sharanabasappa Darshanapur.
Mr. Darshanapur paid his last respects to the departed soul.
Seers of different mutts and followers were among those who paid their last respects.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has sought a report from the State government on a complaint that the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) had taken up works amounting to ₹387 crore in violation of rules in Varuna and Srirangapatna Assembly constituencies, allegedly on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s oral instructions.
“We are organising a health research convention, which comprises a couple of workshops, community-based learning, and also cardiac care. We also included a one-day seminar on medical education, how medical education has evolved in India and the U.K., and what we can learn from each other” said Dr. Piruthivi Sukumar Dean of the International Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds during his interaction with The Hindu.