Korgi Jayaprakash Hegde is an Indian politician who has been a Minister in the

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...

. He is the Chairman of the Karnataka Backward Class Commission. As Minister in charge of undivided Mangalore and Chikmagalur, in 1997, he is the reason for the creation of

Udupi district Udupi district (also Udipi () in Kannada or Odipu () in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar c ...

, from undivided Mangalore and Udupi. He was also a Member of India's Parliament representing Udupi Chikmagalur.

Bio

Born in Korgi,

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, Jayaprakash Hegde is a practising

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and entered politics very early in his life. He has been elected thrice to the

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature ...

as an independent candidate from the

Brahmavar Brahmavar is a taluk in Udupi district located on NH 66 (formerly NH 17), north of the Udupi in Karnataka, India. Location Brahmavara is about north of Mangalore and about north of Udupi on the National highway NH 66 (formerly NH 17). The Suv ...

constituency and served as Minister holding the portfolio of Ports and Fisheries. He is married to Veena Hegde and has two children, a son, Nishanth and a daughter, Divya. He was Minister in charge for undivided Mangalore and Udupi District. It is due to his fight and determination that Udupi was finally declared an independent district in 1997. When his

constituency was divided by the central government and no longer existed, he was forced to join the Congress party for political survival. Hegde has been elected to Lok Sabha from the same constituency following a by-election in 2012. The Congress on Monday, 14 December 2015, expelled Jayaprakash Hegde, from the party for six years due to his popularity causing insecurities in Rajya Sabha MP Sri Oscar Fernandes. Jayaprakash Hegde being a worker's candidate and not a top leader's follower, faced several issues in Congress and due to his inability to obey the orders of Oscar Fernandes, he was removed from the party without notice. Standing as an independent candidate in the Dakshina Kannada constituency, he gave the Congress party a run for its money, when more than half of the party workers voted for him instead of the official Congress candidate. The Indian National Congress has not seen victory in coastal Karnataka ever since the ejection of Jayaprakash Hegde. His exit has left a big gap in leadership and team building in Coastal Karnataka Congress. He is said to be one of the cleanest politicians in the state, well respected by the general public, media and other politicians. He had successfully completed his MP term by undertaking many good things in a few months of the term, that couldn't be continued in the next terms by the other MP. Despite being out of power, he continues to do public service and brings in important projects for the constituency. He returned to the Congress party once the BJP sidelined him without meeting his demands, however this time he joined with two other BJP legislators.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hegde, K. Jayaprakash State cabinet ministers of Karnataka People from Udupi district Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Lok Sabha members from Karnataka 1952 births