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'''Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad''' is an RTI([[Right To Information]]) activist and a small agriculturist who hails from [[Mudalgi]] town of [[Gokak]] taluk in [[Belgaum district]]. He has been a [[Whistleblower]] in many cases such as uncovering the amount of money spent on [[Prime minister]] [[Narendra Modi]]'s foreign visits and also he exposed the arrears owed by politicians to government due to their over stay at government Bungalow as well as he was instrumental in making Karnataka Government admit that [[Yellur, Belgaum]] belongs to Karnataka.<ref name=economictimes37lakh>{{cite news |title=Rs 37 lakh spent on room President used for an hour |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rs-37-lakh-spent-on-room-president-used-for-an-hour/articleshow/17762929.cms?from=mdr |accessdate=17 January 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=26 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=economictimesbelgaumfire>{{cite news |last1=Balasubramanyam |first1=K. R. |title=Bhimappa Gundappa Gadad, the man behind Belgaum fire |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhimappa-gundappa-gadad-the-man-behind-belgaum-fire/articleshow/39911854.cms |accessdate=17 January 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=timesnownews355crores>{{cite news |title=Rs 355 crore, the cost incurred by taxpayers on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 41 foreign visits: RTI |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/mirror-now/in-focus/article/rs-355-crore-cost-incurred-taxpayers-prime-minister-narendra-modi-41-foreign-visits-rti-bhimappa-gadad/247159 |accessdate=17 January 2020 |work=www.timesnownews.com |date=28 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

He contested [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] from [[Arabhavi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and was defeated against [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Balachandra Jarkiholi]] with a margin of 47,328 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/karnataka/arabhavi-election-result/|title=Arabhavi Election Result 2018 Live: Arabhavi Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)|website=News18|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>

==Notable works==
* He exposed the fact that over 355 crores of taxpayer money was spent on Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s foreign trips in 48 months of his office stay.<ref name=timesnownews355crores/>
* He was instrumental in making Karnataka Government admit that [[Yellur, Belgaum]] village comes under its territory in [[Belgaum district]] through his [[Public interest litigation in India|Public interest litigation]] at Karnataka high court when no Karnataka Government's arms gave no reply to his [[Right to Information Act, 2005|RTI]]'s. Finally, it laid to the demolition of Maharashtra state sign board on July 25, 2014.<ref name=economictimesbelgaumfire/>
* He exposed the fact that a total of 198 lakh rupees of taxpayer money was spent on room furnishings and renovation of the circuit house at [[Belgaum]] during the visit of former president Pranab Mukherjee where the president spent just an hour.<ref name=economictimes37lakh/>

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