Halady Srinivas Shetty (born 6 April 1951) is a five-term MLA from Kundapur. [1] He quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2012 after he was invited by BJP to take oath as a minister and later insulting him by denial of a ministerial position, [2] fought and won the 2013 election as an independent candidate without the support of any political party, and rejoined the party before the 2018 assembly election. [3] He is called ''ಕುಂದಾಪುರದ ವಾಜಪೇಯಿ (Vajapayee of Kundapura)'' due to his simplicity.
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Party functionaries wonder if loyalty, honesty and efficiency are relevant any more in modern-day politics