R. Varthur Prakash - Previous MLA from Kolar (148)

R Varthur Prakash is a politician from the Indian state of Karnataka. He is the chairman of the NammaCongress Party. He was elected to the Kolar assembly constituency twice. He ran as an independent in the Kolar constituency in 2008 and 2013, and won both times. He served as Textile Minister in the D. V. Sadananda Gowda government. He was also a minister in Jagadish Shetter's cabinet. In the 2018 AC general elections, he finished third, losing to K Sreenivasa Gowda of the JDS Party. He founded the Namma Congress Party. On December 19, 2017, he launched the New Party in Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district.