Who was Umesh Katti? His political journey in a nutshell

Bengaluru, Sep 07: Karnataka minister Umesh Katti passed away on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest on Tuesday.

He is survived by his wife Sheela, son Nikhil, and daughter Sneha.

Who was Umesh Katti? His journey in a nutshell

• Umesh Katti contested from Hukkeri assembly seat nine times out of which he won eight times.

• He served as the minister in the cabinet of J H Patel, B S Yeddiyurappa, D V Sadanandagowda Jagadish Shettar and now Basavaraj Bommai.

• Katti was associated with six parties including Janata Dal, BJP and Congress.

• He had lost the only time when he contested from Congress ticket in 2004. He lost the poll just by 821 votes.

• He was credited for presenting the first agriculture budget in the state in 2019.

• Katti was a vocal proponent of separate statehood for North Karnataka and created controversies by talking about the bifurcation of the state.

• He had often expressed his desire to become the chief minister of the state.