Former Karnataka minister H Y Meti passes away at 79

Former Karnataka minister and Congress leader H Y Meti passed away on Tuesday. He was 79.

Meti represented Bagalkot Assembly in North Karnataka and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1989 and then again in 2004.

He was undergoing treatment for breathing issues and other age-related ailments.

Initially, Meti represented Guledgudda Assembly constituency in 1989, 1994 and 2004 as a Janata Dal member. After getting elected in 1994, he served as the Forest Minister.

He was also elected as MP from Bagalkote in 1996. After delimitation of constituencies, he had contested in 2008 from Bagalkote on a Congress ticket, but lost. He won in 2013 and served as Excise Minister in the then Siddaramiah-led Congress government, but lost in 2018.

He was considered to be among the close associates of Chief Minister Siddaramiah.

Siddaramaiah visited the hospital to pay his last respects to Meti.

With PTI inputs