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{{Short description|Indian politician (1946–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Hullappa Yamanappa Meti
| office = Member of the<br/>[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2023
| term_end = 2025
| term_start1 = 2013
| term_end1 = 2018
| constituency1 = [[Bagalkot Assembly constituency|Bagalkot]]
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2008
| term_start3 = 1989
| term_end3 = 1999
| constituency3 = [[Guledgud Assembly constituency|Guledgud]]
| office4 = Minister for Excise,<br/>[[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start4 = 21 June 2016
| term_end4 = 14 December 2016
| predecessor4 = [[Manohar Tahasildar]]
| successor4 = [[R. B. Timmapur]]
| office5 = Member of the [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| term_start5 = 1996
| term_end5 = 1998
| predecessor5 = [[Siddu Nyamagouda]]
| successor5 = Ajaykumar Sarnaik
| constituency5 = [[Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency|Bagalkot]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|10|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Timmapur, Gadag district|Thimmapur]], Bombay Province, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|4|1946|10|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], Karnataka, India
| spouse = {{marriage|Smt. Laxmibai H. Meti|1964}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| other_party = [[Janata Dal]] (until {{circa|2013}})
}}

'''Hullappa Yamanappa Meti''' (9 October 1946 – 4 November 2025) was an Indian politician. He was a member of [[Indian National Congress]], a member of the 14th [[Karnataka]] Legislative Assembly, and a former minister in the [[First Siddaramaiah ministry|Siddaramaiah cabinet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/karnataka-cabinet-reshuffle-cm-siddaramaiah-allocates-portfolios-retains-finance-2848168.html |title=Karnataka Cabinet reshuffle: CM Siddaramaiah allocates portfolios, retains finance |website=Firstpost |date=21 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="t">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/karnataka-minister-hy-meti-resigns-over-sleaze-tape/articleshow/55977815.cms |title=Karnataka minister HY Meti resigns over sleaze tape |newspaper=Times of India |date=14 December 2016}}</ref> In the [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]], Meti was elected from the Bagalkot assembly constituency, polling 68,216 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsreporter.in/bagalkot-constituency-election-results-2013-meti-hullappa-yamanappa-of-inc-wins-karnataka-28142 |title=Bagalkot constituency election results 2013 : Meti Hullappa Yamanappa of INC WINS - Karnataka |publisher=NewsReporter.in |date=2013-05-08}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}</ref> In the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]], he lost to Veerabhadrayya Charantimath of [[BJP]], by a margin of 15,934 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseS101.htm |title=Constituencywise Trends |website=Election Commission of India {{!}} General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Result 2018 |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-date=9 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609121710/http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseS101.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to that, he was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for [[Guledgud Assembly constituency]] from 1989 to 1999 and 2004 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guledgud Assembly Constituency Election Result – Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/guledgud-karnataka-assembly-constituency |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Result University}}</ref>

H. Y. Meti was appointed chairman of Bagalkot Urban Development Authority on 26 January 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Karnataka: 34 MLAs made chiefs of boards, Shanti Nagar MLA gets BDA |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Jan/27/karnataka-34-mlas-made-chiefs-of-boards-shanti-nagar-mla-gets-bda |date=26 January 2024 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== 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.<ref name="thenewsminute1">{{cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/former-k-taka-excise-minister-hy-meti-gets-clean-chit-sex-scandal-case-62543 |title=Former K'taka Excise Minister HY Meti gets clean chit in sex scandal case |website=The News Minute |date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Karnataka-Excise-Minister-Meti-resigns-over-sleaze-tape/article16807548.ece |title=Karnataka Excise Minister Meti resigns over sleaze tape |date=15 December 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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.<ref name="n">{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2016/Dec/12/karnataka-minister-meti-on-notice-was-that-he-in-the-sex-tape-1548309.html |title=Karnataka minister Meti on notice: Was that he in the sex tape? |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=14 December 2016}}</ref>

On 12 December,<ref name="n" /> [[Right to Information|RTI]] activist Rajashekar Mulali<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2016/Dec/15/metis-nemesis-suddenly-in-the-spotlight-after-sex-tape-scandal-1549284.html |title=Meti's nemesis suddenly in the spotlight |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=14 December 2016}}</ref> complained to the police of receiving death threats from the minister and his followers for saying he had a sex CD on him.<ref name="t" /> 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.<ref name="n" />

The original video was reported missing during the investigation.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hemanth Kashyap |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/new-turn-to-meti-sex-tape-case-original-video-goes-missing/articleshow/56191663.cms |title=New turn to Meti sex tape case; original video goes missing |newspaper=Bangalore Mirror |date=27 December 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="thenewsminute1" />

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/hy-meti-sex-tape-case-takes-new-turn-woman-files-complaint-alleging-rape-66967 |title=HY Meti 'sex tape' case takes a new turn, woman files complaint alleging rape |website=The News Minute |date=17 August 2017}}</ref>

== Death ==
Meti died in Bengaluru on 4 November 2025, at the age of 79.<ref name=obit>{{Cite news |title=Former Karnataka minister H. Y. Meti passes away in Bengaluru |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-karnataka-minister-h-y-meti-passes-away-in-bengaluru/article70239299.ece |date=4 November 2025 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=129 H. Y. Meti affidavit]
* [http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok11/biodata/11kn01.php Lok Sabha member bio]

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:India MPs 1996–1997]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028]]

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