MYSURU: Former Congress MLA and former mayor Vasu (72) passed away on Saturday due to a severe illness. He had been ill for a few months.
He was popularly known as Mayor Vasu. He was also an MLA from Chamarajanagar constituency. He was running the Vidya Vikas Engineering college and owned the local Prajanudi newspaper.
Vasu had sought a Congress ticket from Chamarajanagar constituency in the last assembly elections, but didn’t get it.