Hullappa Yamanappa Meti is an Indian politician. He is a member of Indian National Congress, a member of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and a former minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet.[1][2] In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Meti was elected from the Bagalkot assembly constituency, polling 68,216 votes.[3] In the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, he lost to Veerabhadrayya Charantimath of BJP, by a margin of 15,934 votes.[4] Prior to that, he was a MLA for Guledgud Assembly constituency from 1989 to 1999 and 2004 to 2007.[5]
Hullappa Yamanappa Meti | |
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Member of 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2013–2018 | |
Constituency | Bagalkot |
Minister for Excise, Government of Karnataka | |
In office 21 June 2016 – 14 December 2016 | |
Preceded by | Manohar Tahasildar |
Succeeded by | R. B. Timmapur |
Personal details | |
Born | Thimmapur | 9 October 1946
Spouse | Smt. Laxmibai H. Meti (Married on 31 May 1964) |
Meti was appointed Excise Minister, but after a CD was published showing him engaging in a sexual act, he resigned on 7 December 2016.[6][7]
On 11 December 2016, a woman in a televised interview accused Meti of having sought sexual favors in return for a transfer, but said she was not the woman in the sex video.[8]
On 12 December,[8] RTI activist Rajashekar Mulali[9] complained to the police of receiving death threats from the minister and his followers for saying he had a sex CD on him.[2] Meti described it as a political conspiracy to malign him, claiming he was not involved in any immoral act with any woman, and challenged Mulali to release the tape.[8]
The original video was reported missing during the investigation.[10] On 24 May 2017, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Karnataka Police, which investigated the case gave him "clean chit" and reported that the video was doctored.[6]
On 18 August 2017, a woman claiming that she was the one in the sex video filed a complaint of kidnapping and rape against Meti.[11]