Channabasappa Mahalingappa Udasi (1937–2021) was an Indian politician from Karnataka, who was once with Janata Dal, and later with

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at the time of his death. He joined BJP in 2004. Later he had left BJP briefly and joined Yediyurappa's

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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

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. 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 Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde (29 August 1926 – 12 January 2004) was an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1 ...

and

B. S. Yediyurappa Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he has served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, chief minister of ...

. Udasi died from age related factors aged 84.

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