Senior BJP MLA and former Minister C M Udasi died on Tuesday at a personal hospital right here as a consequence of age associated sickness, sources near him mentioned. He was 85 and is survived by his spouse, son Shivakumar Udasi, who’s a BJP MP from Haveri-Gadag constituency, and a daughter.
The final rites of the MLA are more likely to be carried out on Wednesday at Hangal, the meeting constituency in Haveri district he represented. Udasi, who entered the meeting in 1983 as an impartial from Hangal, has represented the constituency six occasions.
He retained the seat in 1985 because the Janata Party candidate and gained in 1994 on a Janata Dal ticket. When the Janata Dal break up in 1999, he was initially related to JD(U), however later joined the BJP.
Udasi gained 2004 and 2008 elections on a BJP ticket. When B S Yediyurappa floated the KJP after quitting the saffron celebration, he adopted him, however misplaced the 2013 polls. He then adopted Yediyurappa again to BJP and went on to win the 2018 meeting polls.
Udasi had served as rural growth Minister within the JD (S)-BJP coalition authorities led by H D Kumaraswamy in 2006 and was Minister for Public Works within the earlier BJP authorities led by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in 2008. Expressing condolence, the state authorities has issued an order to carry out Udasi’s final rites with full state honours, following COVID-19 tips, by sustaining social distancing and deploying minimal police personnel.
Expressing grief over Udasi’s demise Chief Minister Yediyurappa mentioned he was a “gentleman and a dynamic politician”. “The works he undertook as a PWD minister is noteworthy.He was always committed to solving people’s problems and worked tirelessly for the betterment of society.
He also worked earnestly for the development of his Hangal constituency,” the CM mentioned in his condolence message. Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda in a tweet mentioned he was pained on listening to about Udasi’s demise.
Several of Yediyurappa’s cupboard colleagues, Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, JD(S) chief and former CM H D Kumaraswamy and state Congress chief D Okay Shivakumar expressed their condolences and paid tributes to the departed chief.
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