Halady Srinivas Shetty (born 6 April 1951) is a five-term MLA from Kundapur.[1] He quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2012 after he was invited by BJP to take oath as a minister and later insulting him by denial of a ministerial position,[2] fought and won the 2013 election as an independent candidate without the support of any political party, and rejoined the party before the 2018 assembly election.[3] He is called ''ಕುಂದಾಪುರದ ವಾಜಪೇಯಿ (Vajapayee of Kundapura)'' due to his simplicity.
References
edit- ^ "Why was Halady Srinivas Shetty Hurt?". www.daijiworld.com.
- ^ "Halady Srinivas Shetty quits BJP". The Hindu. 30 December 2017.
Party functionaries wonder if loyalty, honesty and efficiency are relevant any more in modern-day politics
- ^ "2018 Elections, Ghar Wapsi for Haladi Srinivas Shetty to BJP - Mangalorean.com". 11 November 2017.