Umesh Katti

Umesh Katti is a Bharatiya Janata Party political activist and 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]

Umesh Katti
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2008
Preceded byShashikant Akkappi Naik
ConstituencyHukkeri
In office
1985–2004
Preceded byVishwanath Mallappa Katti
Succeeded byShashikant Akkappi Naik
ConstituencyHukkeri
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
RelativesRamesh Vishwanath Katti
EducationKLE Society's Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute (Autonomous)

Controversies

Operation Kamala
Main articles: Operation Kamala and Operation Kamala in Karnataka

“Operation Kamala” (hybrid word from the English Operation and the Kannada Kamala meaning "Lotus" an Election symbol of BJP.) was a term coined in 2008, when the BJP was three seats short of majority to form the government in Karnataka under B. S. Yeddyurappa. Former minister and minelord G. Janardhana Reddy worked out a method to circumvent the Anti-Defection Law and secured the support of legislators needed to take BJP past the majority mark. Opposition parties alleged that the BJP is now expanding Operation Kamala nationwide, while BJP continues to deny this allegation.[4][5]

He was one of the 7 MLAs fell for Operation Kamala and resigned in 2008. [6]

Separate statehood

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. [7]

References
  1. "Lingayats will still vote for BS Yeddyurappa: Umesh katti". Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. Mahesh (1 May 2018). "ಹುಕ್ಕೇರಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಪರಿಚಯ : ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವರುಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಸಮರ". https://kannada.oneindia.com (in Kannada). Retrieved 18 January 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  3. "CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS" (PDF). p. 11.
  4. Aji, Sowmya (16 May 2018). "After falling short of numbers, BJP revisits 'Operation Kamala' of 2008" – via The Economic Times.
  5. "Congress in Pondy announces protest against "horse trading" by BJP in Karnataka, Goa". 13 July 2019 – via The Economic Times.
  6. "What is Operation Kamal?". 16 May 2018.
  7. "Umesh Katti raises separate Statehood for North Karnataka issue again". 18 October 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.
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