[1] Venkatappa was the Karnataka Legislative Assembly speaker from 1999 to 2004, as MLA from Mulbagal.

[2][3] His brother M. V. Krishnappa was involved in India's freedom movement and was also the founder of the Bangalore Dairy.

He was a minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet and was elected to the Lok Sabha six times.

[4] M. V. Venkatappa unsuccessfully contested Legislative Council Polls along with Lingayath leader N. R. Jagadeesh as Independent candidate to ensure votes from Veerappa Moily led Indian National Congress (Indira) and S. Bangarappa led Karnataka Kranti Ranga in 1983.

Sindhia who later became ministers in Janata Party governments led by Ramakrishna Hegde and S. R.