Karnataka Minister D Sudhakar passes away at 66

Karnataka Planning and Statistics Minister D Sudhakar died in Bengaluru early Sunday after a prolonged illness. The senior Congress leader and Hiriyur MLA had been undergoing treatment for a lung infection for the past two months at a private hospital

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister D Sudhakar died in the early hours of Sunday after a prolonged illness, according to a medical bulletin. He was 66.

The planning and statistics minister breathed his last at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences here. He had been undergoing treatment for a lung infection for the past two months.

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“Honourable Minister Mr Sudhakar D, 66 years old, was declared dead at 3.15 a.m. on 10.05.2026 at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Electronic City,” Dr R Chinnadurai, Medical Director of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, said in the bulletin.

Sudhakar was a senior Congress leader and MLA from Hiriyur in Chitradurga district.