Former minister C Veeranna passes away

TUMAKURU: Former minister and former Deputy Chairman of the legislative Council, C Veeranna passed away passed away due to age-related health issues on Saturday. He was (89).

Veeranna breathed his last at his residence in Bukkapatna in Koratagere. Veeranna was an MLA from Koratagere constituency in Tumakuru district and had served as a minister in the cabinets of Ramakrishna Hegde and S R Bommai.

Veeranna was living an agrarian life with his children in Bukkapatna after he moved out of active politics. The last rites were held on his farmland in his native village on Saturday afternoon.