Umesh Katti
Indian politician
Umesh Vishwanath Katti (14 March 1961 – 6 September 2022) was an Indian politician. He was first elected to Karnataka Assembly as member of Janata Dal. At the time of his death, he was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Forest of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 6 September 2022. of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He entered politics after the demise of his father Vishwanath Katti in 1985 who was Member of the Legislative Assembly. Katti family belongs to the Banajiga community, a sub-sect of Lingayat.
He contested the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Hukkeri Assembly constituency and won polling by 81,810 votes. He was an eight-term legislator from north Karnataka's Belagavi district.
He condemned Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa's statement about releasing Krishna waters from Tubchi-Babalad lift irrigation scheme to Maharashtra, and yet again, raised the demand for separate Statehood for north Karnataka if the region is neglected.
During Coronavirus, he had made a statement as a sitting minister and said, "We ministers should survive (Coronavirus) not sure about you (people)".
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