C. M. Udasi

Channabasappa Mahalingappa Udasi (1937–2021) was an Indian politician from Karnataka, who was once with Janata Dal, and later with Bharatiya Janata Party at the time of his death. He joined BJP in 2004. Later he had left BJP briefly and joined Yediyurappa's Karnataka Janata Paksha in 2013.

Channabasappa Mahalingappa Udasi
Cabinet Minister Government of Karnataka
In office 30 May 2008 – 23 January 2013
Ministry	Term
Minister of Public Works Department	30 May 2008 - 23 January 2013
In office 18 February 2006 – 8 October 2007
Ministry	Term
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj	18 February 2006 - 8 October 2007
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 2018–2021
Preceded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Succeeded by	Srinivas Mane
Constituency	Hangal
In office 2004–2013
Preceded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Succeeded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Constituency	Hangal
In office 1994–1999
Preceded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Succeeded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Constituency	Hangal
In office 1983–1989
Preceded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Succeeded by	Manohar Tahasildar
Constituency	Hangal
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-02)2 February 1937 Hangal
Died	8 June 2021(2021-06-08) (aged 84) Bengaluru
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Janata Party Janata Dal Janata Dal (United) Karnataka Janata Paksha
Residence(s)	Hangal, Karnataka
Profession	Agriculturist

Udasi contested every Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election from Hangal (constituency) from 1983 to 2018. He was elected in 1983, 1985, 1994, 2004, 2008 and 2018. He lost in 1989, 1999, 2013, each time to Manohar Tahasildar. Five of his six wins were gained by defeating Tahasildar.

Udasi was the minister of rural development and Panchayati raj, minister of minor irrigation, minister for handlooms and textiles, and public works department under three Chief Ministers J. H. Patel, Ramakrishna Hegde and B. S. Yediyurappa. Udasi died from age related factors aged 84. ^[1][2][3][4]