I. M. Jayarama Shetty
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Irmady Moodalakatte Jayarama Shetty (1 May 195115 May 2014) was an Indian politician and member of parliament who represented
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of
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in the
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. He was a member of the
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.


Biography

Jayarama Shetty was born to Irmady Bhujanga Shetty and Moodalakatte Nagarathnamma. He attained a
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Degree from
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,
Manipal 300px, The house of T. M. A. Pai located in Manipal; it has since been converted to a museum. Manipal is a suburb and university town within Udupi, in coastal Karnataka, India. Manipal is located five kilometres away from the centre of Udupi C ...
. He also served as member of the
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from 1994 to 1998. He founded Moodlakatte Institute of Technology, Kundapura in the year 2004.


Political career

As member of the
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(BJP), in
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, Shetty was elected to the
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from
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. In the 1998 general election to the Lok Sabha, he successfully contested
Udupi Udupi () also known as 'Odipu' () is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Udupi district, and one of the fastest-growing cities in Karnataka. Udupi is one of the top tourist attractions in Karnataka an ...
defeating
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of the
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. He unsuccessfully contested the 1999 election, losing to
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of the INC. After being denied the presidency of the
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district unit of the BJP, he quit the party and joined
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in April 2004. He then moved to
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, before joining the INC.


Death

Shetty died 15 May 2014, in a Bangalore hospital after a prolonged illness.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, I. M. Jayarama 1951 births 2014 deaths India MPs 1998–1999 People from Udupi Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Manipal Academy of Higher Education alumni Kannada people Lok Sabha members from Karnataka Samajwadi Party politicians