Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister R.L. Jalappa passed away.
He was the founder and Chairman of Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar. In 1979 he quit Congress to form the Karnataka Kranti Ranga and he again joined congress in 1998. In 1996, He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chikballapur constituency, representing Janata Dal. He has served as the Union Minister of Textiles (1996 to 1998) under the premiership of HD Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral.
