Hullappa Yamanappa Meti
Member of 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyBagalkot
Minister for Excise, Government of Karnataka
In office
21 June 2016  14 December 2016
Preceded byManohar Tahasildar
Succeeded byR. B. Timmapur
Personal details
Born (1946-10-09) 9 October 1946
Thimmapur
SpouseSmt. Laxmibai H. Meti (Married on 31 May 1964)

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]

Scandal

Meti was appointed Excise Minister, but after a CD was published showing him engaging in a sexual act, he resigned on 7 December 2016.[5][6]

On 11 December 2016, a woman in a televised interview accused Meti of having sought sexual favours in return for a transfer, but said she was not the woman in the sex video.[7]

On 12 December,[7] RTI activist Rajashekar Mulali[8] 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.[7]

The original video was reported missing during the investigation.[9] 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.[5]

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.[10]

References

  1. Politics PTI (21 June 2016). "Karnataka Cabinet reshuffle: CM Siddaramaiah allocates portfolios, retains finance". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Karnataka minister HY Meti resigns over sleaze tape". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. "Bagalkot constituency election results 2013 : Meti Hullappa Yamanappa of INC WINS - Karnataka". NewsReporter.in. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. "Constituencywise Trends". eciresults.nic.in.
  5. 1 2 "Former K'taka Excise Minister HY Meti gets clean chit in sex scandal case". The News Minute. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. "Karnataka Excise Minister Meti resigns over sleaze tape". The Hindu. 15 December 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 "Karnataka minister Meti on notice: Was that he in the sex tape?- The New Indian Express". Cms.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. "Meti's nemesis suddenly in the spotlight". The New Indian Express. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. Hemanth Kashyap (27 December 2016). "New turn to Meti sex tape case; original video goes missing". Bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  10. "HY Meti 'sex tape' case takes a new turn, woman files complaint alleging rape". The News Minute. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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