C. M. Udasi Explained

Channabasappa Mahalingappa Udasi
Term Start1:30 May 2008
Term End1:23 January 2013
2Blankname1:Minister of Public Works Department
2Namedata1:30 May 2008 - 23 January 2013
Term Start2:18 February 2006
Term End2:8 October 2007
2Blankname2:Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj
2Namedata2:18 February 2006 - 8 October 2007
Office3:Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Term Start3:2018
Term End3:2021
Constituency3:Hangal
Predecessor3:Manohar Tahasildar
Successor3:Srinivas Mane
Term Start4:2004
Term End4:2013
Constituency4:Hangal
Predecessor4:Manohar Tahasildar
Successor4:Manohar Tahasildar
Term Start5:1994
Term End5:1999
Constituency5:Hangal
Predecessor5:Manohar Tahasildar
Successor5:Manohar Tahasildar
Term Start6:1983
Term End6:1989
Constituency6:Hangal
Predecessor6:Manohar Tahasildar
Successor6:Manohar Tahasildar
Birth Place:Hangal
Birth Date:2 February 1937
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Otherparty:Janata Party
Janata Dal
Janata Dal (United)
Karnataka Janata Paksha
Residence:Hangal, Karnataka
Profession:Agriculturist

Channabasappa Mahalingappa Udasi (1937–2021) was an Indian politician from Karnataka, who was once with Janata Dal, and later with Bharatiya Janata Party at the time of his death. He joined BJP in 2004. Later he had left BJP briefly and joined Yediyurappa's Karnataka Janata Paksha in 2013.

Udasi contested every Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election from Hangal (constituency) from 1983 to 2018. He was elected in 1983, 1985, 1994, 2004, 2008 and 2018. He lost in 1989, 1999, 2013, each time to Manohar Tahasildar. Five of his six wins were gained by defeating Tahasildar.

Udasi was the minister of rural development and Panchayati raj, minister of minor irrigation, minister for handlooms and textiles, and public works department under three Chief Ministers J. H. Patel, Ramakrishna Hegde and B. S. Yediyurappa. Udasi died from age related factors aged 84. [1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: C.M. Udasi laid to rest with full State honours. 2021-06-11. The Hindu.
  2. Web site: Senior BJP MLA and Former Minister CM Udasi Passes Away at 85. 2021-06-11. News18.
  3. Web site: Former Karnataka minister C M Udasi passes away at 85 due to age-related illness. 2021-06-06. Indian Express.