Umesh Katti

{{Short description|Indian political activist (1961–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Umesh Katti

| image = Umesh Vishwanath Katti.jpg

| caption = [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/minister-and-veteran-leader-umesh-katti-passes-away-at-61/article65859282.ece]

| office1 = Minister of Forest
Government of Karnataka

| term_start1 = 4 August 2021

| term_end1 = 6 September 2022

| term_end2 = 6 September 2022

| term_end3 = 13 May 2013

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Basavaraj Bommai

| predecessor1 = Arvind Limbavali

| office2 = Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
Government of Karnataka

| term_start2 = 21 January 2021

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = B. S. Yediyurappa
Basavaraj Bommai

| predecessor2 = K. Gopalaiah

|successor2 = K. H. Muniyappa

| office3 = Minister of Agriculture
Government of Karnataka

| term_start3 = 23 September 2010

| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata3 = B. S. Yediyurappa
Sadananda Gowda
Jagadish Shettar

| predecessor3 = S. A. Ravindranath

| successor3 = Krishna Byre Gowda

|successor1 = Eshwara Khandre

| office4 = Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

| term_start4 = 2008

| term_end4 = 5 September 2022

| predecessor4 = Shashikanth Akkappa Naik

| successor4 =

| constituency4 = Hukkeri

| term_start5 = 1985

| term_end5 = 2004

| predecessor5 = Vishwanath Mallappa Katti

| successor5 = Shashikanth Akkappa Naik

| constituency5 = Hukkeri

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| otherparty = *Janata Party,

• Janata Dal,
• Janata Dal (United),
• Janata Dal (Secular).

| education = KLE Society's Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute (Autonomous)

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1961|3|14}}

| birth_place = Khadaklat, Mysore State, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|09|6|1961|3|14}}{{cite web |title=PM Modi condoles death of Karnataka minister |url=https://www.paramportal.com/pm-modi-condoles-death-of-karnataka-minister/ |website=ParamPortal |date=7 September 2022}}

| death_place = Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

}}

Umesh Vishwanath Katti (14 March 1961 – 6 September 2022)[https://english.varthabharati.in/karnataka/karnataka-minister-umesh-katti-passes-away-in-hospital Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti passes away in hospital] was an Indian politician. He was first elected to Karnataka Assembly as member of Janata Dal. At the time of his death, he was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Forest of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 6 September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/111217/lingayats-will-still-vote-for-b-s-yeddyurappa-umesh-katti.html |title=Lingayats will still vote for BS Yeddyurappa: Umesh katti |date=11 December 2017 |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |access-date=28 February 2018}} of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He entered politics after the demise of his father Vishwanath Katti in 1985 who was Member of the Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web |url=https://kannada.oneindia.com/elections/karnataka-assembly-election-2018-hukkeri-constituency-profile-139992.html |title=ಹುಕ್ಕೇರಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಪರಿಚಯ : ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವರುಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಸಮರ |trans-title=Hukkeri introduction: War between former ministers |author=Mahesh |date=1 May 2018 |website=kannada.oneindia.com |language=kn |access-date=18 January 2020}}

He contested the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Hukkeri Assembly constituency and won polling by 81,810 votes.{{cite web|url=http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/result/Results.pdf|title=CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS|page=11}}{{Cite web|date=16 May 2018|title=What is Operation Kamal?|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/what-is-operation-kamal-bjp-congress-jds-horse-trading-poaching-5178843/}} He was an eight-term legislator from north Karnataka's Belagavi district.{{cite news |title=As Umesh Katti passes away, Karnataka government declares one-day mourning |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/as-umesh-katti-passes-away-karnataka-government-declares-one-day-mourning-1142941.html |access-date=17 October 2022 |work=Deccan Herald |date=7 September 2022 |language=en}}

He condemned Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa's statement about releasing Krishna waters from Tubchi-Babalad lift irrigation scheme to Maharashtra, and yet again, raised the demand for separate Statehood for north Karnataka if the region is neglected.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/umesh-katti-raises-separate-statehood-for-nk-issue-again/article29738540.ece|title=Umesh Katti raises separate Statehood for North Karnataka issue again|newspaper=The Hindu |date=18 October 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}

During Coronavirus, he had made a statement as a sitting minister and said, " We ministers should survive (Coronavirus) not sure about you (people)"

In 2021, while responding to a farmer on cuts in the rice allotment of the public distribution system, he had said "It is better to die. Actually, that is the reason we have stopped giving. Please don't call me."{{cite news |title=Karnataka Minister Asks Farmer To "Go Die", Then A Bizarre Defence |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/karnataka-minister-umesh-kattis-bizarre-defence-of-go-die-remark-to-farmer-2423773 |access-date=17 October 2022 |work=NDTV.com}}

On 6 September 2022, he suffered a massive heart attack and collapsed in the bathroom of his Dollar's Colony residence in Bangaluru. Katti was taken to M S Ramaiah Hospital in Bangalore, where he was later pronounced dead. His last rituals took place in his Home Town Bellad Bagewadi.