Former Karnataka assembly speaker Krishna passes away

Former speaker of theKarnatakalegislative assembly Krishna, popularly known asKR Pete Krishna, died at hisMysururesidence on Friday, sources close to him said.

Krishna had served as animal husbandry and sericulture minister in SR Bommai cabinet and had represented KR Pete assembly constituency thrice in 1985, 1994 and 2004 from Janata Party,Janata Daland JD(S).

He had represented the Mandya Lok Sabha seat in 1996 and served as the speaker of Karnataka legislative assembly from 2004-08.