Overview
- The 79-year-old died at a private hospital while being treated for breathing problems and other age-related ailments, according to party and hospital sources.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who visited him last week, called the death a personal loss, and D.K. Shivakumar and H.D. Kumaraswamy also offered condolences.
- The district administration will allow public homage in Bagalkot from 6 am to 9:30 am Wednesday, followed by a 1:30 pm cremation with full state honours in Timmapur.
- A five-time legislator and one-time MP, Meti served as Forest Minister in the 1990s and as Excise Minister in 2016 before resigning following a controversy.
- He returned to the Assembly in 2023 and was named Bagalkot Urban Development Authority chairman in 2024, and he is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.