Umesh Katti
Umesh Vishwanath Katti is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party political activist who is the current Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Forest of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He is a six term member[1] 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.[2] He contested the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Hukkeri assembly constituency and won polling 81,810 votes.[3][4]
Umesh Katti | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Forest Government of Karnataka | |
| Assumed office 4 August 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Preceded by | Arvind Limbavali |
| Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Government of Karnataka | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | B. S. Yediyurappa Basavaraj Bommai |
| Preceded by | K. Gopalaiah |
| Minister of Agriculture Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 23 September 2010 – 13 May 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | B. S. Yediyurappa Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar |
| Preceded by | S. A. Ravindranath |
| Succeeded by | Krishna Byre Gowda |
| Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Shashikant Akkappi Naik |
| Constituency | Hukkeri |
| In office 1985–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Vishwanath Mallappa Katti |
| Succeeded by | Shashikant Akkappi Naik |
| Constituency | Hukkeri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1961 Khadaklat |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Education | KLE Society's Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute (Autonomous) |
ControversiesEdit
Separate statehoodEdit
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.[5]
During Coronavirus: Statement as Sitting minister " We ministers should survive (Coronavirus) not sure about you (people)"
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Lingayats will still vote for BS Yeddyurappa: Umesh katti". Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Mahesh (1 May 2018). "ಹುಕ್ಕೇರಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಪರಿಚಯ : ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವರುಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಸಮರ" [Hukkeri introduction: War between former ministers]. kannada.oneindia.com (in ಕನ್ನಡ). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ↑ "CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS" (PDF). p. 11.
- ↑ "What is Operation Kamal?". 16 May 2018.
- ↑ "Umesh Katti raises separate Statehood for North Karnataka issue again". 18 October 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.