Former Karnataka CM SM Krishna passes away at 92.

SM Krishna, the former Karnataka chief minister credited with putting Bengaluru on the global map, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 92. According to sources, Krishna passed away at around 2.30-2.45 am due to age-related issues.

During his nearly six-decade-long political career, mostly with the Congress party, Krishna was an MLA and MLC as well as a member of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha multiple times, even as he assumed a range of high public offices, including the posts of chief minister, governor and the external affairs minister. Krishna joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2017, and announced retirement from active politics in January last year.