(born 4 March 1954) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha.
He belongs to the Indian National Congress party.
In the 2014 Indian General Election, he defeated the sitting Bharatiya Janata Party candidate G.S.
Basavaraj by 74,041 votes and became a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Tumkur in Karnataka.
He has previously worked as a judge for a few years and later as a member of the legislative assembly for ten years from Kunigal constituency in Karnataka.