Sarekoppa Bangarappa (26 October 1932 – 26 December 2011) was an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Karnataka. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka between 1967 and 1996 , before contesting a series of six elections for the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009, of which he lost two. He founded both the Karnataka Vikas Party and the Karnataka Congress Party during a 44 year career in which supporters called him Solilllada Saradara (a leader who cannot be defeated).
