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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = H. S. Mahadeva Prasad
| image = H.S.MahadevaPrasadImage.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1958|08|05}}
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Gundlupet]], [[Karnataka]], India
| death_date={{death date and age|2017|1|3|1958|8|5|df=y}}
| death_place=[[Chikkamagaluru district|Chikkamagaluru]], Karnataka
| office2 = Minister of Co-operation and Sugar of Karnataka
| term_start2 = 17 May 2013
| term_end2 = 3 January 2017
| constituency2 = Gundlupet
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Karnataka]]
| term_start1 = 1994
| term_end1 = 2017
| constituency1 = [[Gundlupet (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gundlupet]]
| predecessor1 = [[K. S. Nagarathanamma]]
| successor1 =
| office3 = Minister of Kannada and Culture
| term_start3 = 2004
| term_end3 = 2008
| constituency3 = Gundlupet
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| alma_mater =
| relations =
| spouse = Dr. M.C. Mohan Kumari (Geetha)
| profession= [[Politician]]
| party= JD, JD(U), JD(S), INC
| nationality = Indian
}}

'''Halahalli Shreekantha Shetti Mahadeva Prasad''' (5 August 1958 – 3 January 2017) was an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka and five-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Gundlupet (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gundlupet constituency]] of the [[Chamarajanagar district]]. He first won the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] elections [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|in 1994]] while representing [[Janata Dal]]. He was re-elected in five straight subsequent elections in [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999]], [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2004]], [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2008]] and [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013]]. Throughout his political career he had been member of Janata Dal, [[Janata Dal (United)]], [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] and the [[Indian National Congress]]. At the time of his death in January 2017, he was the incumbent state minister for Cooperation and Sugar in the [[Government of Karnataka]] led by [[Siddaramaiah]] as Chief Minister.<ref name="Dead">{{cite web |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Karnataka-Minister-Mahadeva-Prasad-dies/article16982231.ece |title=Karnataka Minister Mahadeva Prasad dies |date=3 January 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=3 January 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==
Prasad was born on 5 August 1958.<ref name="Dead"/> He received a master's degree in [[political science]].<ref name="profile"/>

==Political career==
Prasad had two failed attempts contesting the [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] as a [[Janata Party]] candidate and the [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1989 elections]] as a [[Janata Dal]] candidate. As a JD nominee, he won the MLA seat of the [[Gundlupet (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gundlupet constituency]] in 1994 and defeated the three-time sitting MLA [[K. S. Nagarathanamma]]. He secured 53,724 votes, whereas the runner-up C. M. Shivamallappa of Congress received just 29,668 votes, winning with a large margin of 24,056 votes.<ref name="1994e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-KT94.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages=142, 281 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |place=New Delhi |accessdate=3 January 2016 |date=1994 |format=PDF }}</ref>

Janata Dal formed the state government in 1994 with [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] as Chief Minister. Gowda later resigned from the post to become the [[Prime Minister of India]] in 1996 and was succeeded by [[J. H. Patel]] in that position until the 1999 elections.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/hard-won-victory/201534 |title= Hard Won Victory |work= [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date= 12 June 1996 |accessdate= 4 January 2017|author= Y.P. Rajesh}}</ref> Due to internal conflicts, Janata Dal split up and Patel formed the [[Janata Dal (United)]] faction in Karnataka and Mahadeva Prasad followed him to the new party. Prasad retained his seat by winning the 1999 assembly elections as JD(U) member, although the party did not win majority in the state. This time Prasad secured 46,757 votes and won the seat with a margin of 24,981 votes, compared to his closest contender H. S. Nanjappa of Congress, who received 21,776 votes.<ref name="1999e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |page=141|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |place=New Delhi |accessdate=3 January 2016 |date=1999 |format=PDF }}</ref>

After the Janata Party split up, Deve Gowda formed a new faction of [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]. Prasad then switched his allegiance and joined JD(S). He won the 2004 elections for the third straight time from the same constituency.<ref name="2004e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_KT_2004.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |page=10 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |place=New Delhi |accessdate=3 January 2016 |date=2004 |format=PDF }}</ref> Prasad was Cabinet minister in the [[N. Dharam Singh]]-led coalition government and headed the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies. When [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]] became the Chief Minister, Prasad took charge of the office of the Minister for Kannada and Culture.<ref name="rare">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stories/2008052857580300.htm|title=Mahadev Prasad earns a rare distinction|last=Staff Correspondent |date=28 May 2008|website=[[The Hindu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531114502/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stories/2008052857580300.htm|archive-date=31 May 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref>

Prasad later left the JD(S) group and this time joined the [[Indian National Congress]]. He won the Gundlupet Assembly seat again in the 2008 elections and "earned a rare distinction"<ref name="rare"/> for representing the same constituency four times but as a member of a different political party each time. He won with a close margin of 2,203 votes, receiving 64,824 votes while his opponent C. S. Niranjan Kumar of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] secured 62,621 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/will-the-fourtime-mlas-luck-hold/article4665703.ece |title= Will the four-time MLA's luck hold? |date= 29 April 2013 |accessdate= 4 January 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He contested the next elections in 2013, winning again with a margin of 7,675 votes by receiving 73,723 votes compared to 66,048 votes received by C. S. Niranjanakumar of [[Karnataka Janata Paksha]].<ref name="2013e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/StatReports2013.pdf|title= Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages=248, 348 |format=PDF |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |place=New Delhi |accessdate=4 January 2016 |date=2013}}</ref> He took charge of state minister for Cooperation and Sugar and was also the in-charge minister of the [[Chamarajanagar district]].<ref name="TOI1"/>

=== Controversies ===
In 2012, a private complaint was filed in a special court alleging misuse by Prasad of his post as MLA to acquire a land site in Chamarajanagar from the [[Karnataka Housing Board]] (KHB) in 2002 by allegedly submitting a false declaration of not owning any site in the state of Karnataka. The complaint mentioned that Prasad owned a site at Mysore. Prasad however claimed that he did not own the Mysore site when the Chamarajanagar site was allotted to him in 2002 by the board. Inactions at the lower court had elevated the case to the High Court. In October 2013, the High Court ordered a probe through the Mysore-Chamarajanagar Lokayukta Superintendent of Police. In October 2014, the Lokayukta submitted a report stating that the alleged complaint could attract action under various sections 409, 415, 420, 425 and 13/1 of [[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]].<ref name="land">{{cite web|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/lokayukta-submits-final-inquiry-report-on-site-allotment-to-mahadeva-prasad/article6463571.ece |title= Lokayukta submits final inquiry report on site allotment to Mahadeva Prasad |date=1 October 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 4 January 2017}}</ref>

A different complaint was also filed against Prasad for allegedly not declaring 3.22 acres of land in [[Arepura]] village of Gundlupet in his election affidavit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/Mahadeva-Prasad-in-trouble-for-not-declaring-quarry-in-assets/articleshow/48334823.cms |title=Mahadeva Prasad in trouble for not declaring quarry in assets |author=Shyam Prasad S |work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |date=4 August 2015 |accessdate=4 January 2017 }}</ref>

In June 2016, Prasad's son Ganesh Prasad was accused of running a granite quarry on government-owned land in Chamarajanagar. He was accused of illegally acquiring approximately 14 acres of land and causing a loss to the state exchequer. The opposing BJP party demanded that Prasad be sacked. Prasad, however, repudiated the claims, calling them "politically motivated".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/karnataka-2-ministers-face-action-over-sons-transactions/1/693327.html |title= Karnataka: 2 ministers face action over sons' transactions |work= [[India Today]] |date=16 June 2016 |author= Ojha, Sangeeta |accessdate=4 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="TMN1"/>

==Personal life==
Prasad was married to Dr. M.C. Mohan Kumari (Gita) and had a son H. M. Ganesh Prasad.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url= http://hsmahadevaprasad.in/profile.html |title= H. S. Mahadeva Prasad Official website |access-date= 4 January 2017 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161020152854/http://hsmahadevaprasad.in/profile.html |archive-date= 20 October 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

He had [[cardiovascular disease]], for which he underwent heart surgery in 2005. In 2015, he underwent [[angioplasty]] at [[Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology]], Bengaluru, after experiencing chest pains.<ref name="TMN1"/>

Prasad had a [[heart attack]] on 2 January 2017, and was found dead the following day at a private Serai Resort near Chikkamangalur. He had been attending a function in the nearby town of Koppa. His funeral was held in Halahalli village.<ref name="Dead"/><ref name="TMN1">{{cite web| url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/karnataka-co-operative-minister-mahadeva-prasad-passes-away-55160 |title=Karnataka co-operative minister Mahadeva Prasad passes away |date=3 January 2017 |work= [[The News Minute]] |accessdate=4 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="TOI1">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnatakas-cooperation-minister-mahadevaprasad-dies-following-heart-attack/articleshow/56307085.cms|title=Karnataka's cooperation minister Mahadeva Prasad dies following heart attack |last=Prakash |first=Rakesh |date=3 January 2017|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=4 January 2017 }}</ref> In an emergency cabinet meeting, Chief Minister [[Siddaramaiah]] declared 3 January to be a holiday, and announced three days of state mourning.<ref name="Dead"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161020152854/http://hsmahadevaprasad.in/profile.html Official website]

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[[Category:People from Chamarajanagar district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007]]
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[[Category:Janata Dal (Secular) politicians]]
[[Category:Janata Dal politicians]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]

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