Halahalli Shreekantha Shetti Mahadeva Prasad (5 August 1958 – 3 January 2017) was an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka and five-time Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Gundlupet constituency of the Chamarajanagar district.

[6] Prasad was Cabinet minister in the N. Dharam Singh-led coalition government and headed the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies.

[10] In 2012, a private complaint was filed in a special court alleging misuse by Prasad of his post as MLA to acquire a land site in Chamarajanagar from the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) in 2002 by allegedly submitting a false declaration of not owning any site in the state of Karnataka.

In October 2014, the Lokayukta submitted a report stating that the alleged complaint could attract action under various sections 409, 415, 420, 425 and 13/1 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

[11] A different complaint was also filed against Prasad for allegedly not declaring 3.22 acres of land in Arepura village of Gundlupet in his election affidavit.

He was accused of illegally acquiring approximately 14 acres of land and causing a loss to the state exchequer.

In 2015, he underwent angioplasty at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bengaluru, after experiencing chest pains.

[14] Prasad had a heart attack on 2 January 2017, and was found dead the following day at a private Serai Resort near Chikkamangalur.

[1][14][10] In an emergency cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared 3 January to be a holiday, and announced three days of state mourning.