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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Jayaprakash Hegde
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Korgi, [[Kundapura Taluk]], [[Karnataka]], Indian
| residence = [[Bangalore]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]
| term_start = 2012
| term_end = 2014
| predecessor = [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]
| successor = [[Shobha Karandlaje]]
| constituency = [[Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udupi Chikmagalur]]
| office2 = Minister for Ports and Fisheries, [[Karnataka]]
| term2 = 1994 - 1996
| constituency2 = [[Brahmavar]]
| office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 1994
| term_end3 = 2008
| constituency3 = [[Brahmavar]]
| predecessor3 = P. Basavaraj
| successor3 = ''Constituency abolished''
| term_start4 = 1972
| term_end4 = 1978
| constituency4 = [[Brahmavar]]
| predecessor4 = S.J. Shetty
| successor4 = Ananda Kunda Hegde
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
| children =
| website = jayaprakashhegde.com
| footnotes =
}}

'''Korgi Jayaprakash Hegde''' is an Indian politician who has been a Minister in the [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Staff Correspondent|title=Jayaprakash Hegde to contest as an Independent |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/12/stories/2004031209330300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040526195821/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/12/stories/2004031209330300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 March 2004}}</ref> As Minister in charge of undivided Mangalore and Chikmagalur, in 1997, he is the reason for the creation of [[Udupi district]], from undivided Mangalore and Udupi. He was also a Member of India's Parliament representing [[Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udupi Chikmagalur]].

==Bio==
Born in [[Korgi (Udupi district)|Korgi]], [[Kundapura taluk]], [[Udupi district]], Jayaprakash Hegde is a practicing [[advocate]] and entered politics very early in his life. He has been elected thrice to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] as an independent candidate from the [[Brahmavara]] constituency and served as Minister holding the portfolio of Ports and Fisheries. He is married to Veena Hegde and has two children, a son, Nishanth and a daughter, Divya.<ref>{{cite web|title=Affidavit|url=http://stg1.kar.nic.in/GE2009Affidavits/Affidavits/15_JAYAPRAKASH_HEGDE_INC__AL.PDF|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=18 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410025719/http://stg1.kar.nic.in/GE2009Affidavits/Affidavits/15_JAYAPRAKASH_HEGDE_INC__AL.PDF|archive-date=10 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was Minister in charge for undivided Mangalore and Udupi District. It is due to his fight and determination that Udupi was finally declared as an independent district in 1997. When his Brahmavar constituency was divided by central govt. and it no longer existed, he was forced to join Congress party for political survival. In 2009 he contested unsuccessfully from the [[Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udupi Chikmagalur]] for the [[2009 Indian general election]] on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket.<ref>{{cite news|last=Staff Correspondent |title=Assets|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/14/stories/2009041454060500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421071559/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/14/stories/2009041454060500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 April 2009}}</ref> Hegde has been elected to Lok Sabha from the same constituency following a by election in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Karnataka election results: Congress wins Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-21/india/31219820_1_udupi-chikmagalur-lok-sabha-seat-k-jayaprakash-hegde-bjp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325183248/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-21/india/31219820_1_udupi-chikmagalur-lok-sabha-seat-k-jayaprakash-hegde-bjp|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2012|accessdate=21 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 March 2012}}</ref> He was the most popular MP the constituency has had and had a tremendous track record of work in only 1.5 years. However, in 2014, because of the unprecedented Modi wave, Shobha Karandlaje, who is a close associate of BJP heavyweight B.S. Yediyurappa [http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=235157 defeated Congress candidate, Jayaprakash Hegde], by a margin of nearly one lac votes. The Congress on Monday December 14, 2015 expelled Jayaprakash Hegde, from the party for six years due to his popularity causing insecurities for Rajya Sabha MP Sri Oscar Fernandes. Jayaprakash Hegde being a worker's candidate and not a top leaders follower, faced several issues in the Congress and due to his inability to obey orders of Oscar Fernandes, he was removed from the party without notice. Standing as an independent candidate in the Dakshina Kannada constituency, he gave the Congress party a run for its money, when more than half of the party workers voted for him instead of the official Congress candidate. The Indian National Congress has not seen victory in coastal Karnataka ever since the ejection of Jayaprakash Hegde. His exit has left a big gap in leadership and team building in Coastal Karnataka Congress. He is said to be one of the cleanest politician in the state, well respected by the general public, media and other politicians. He had successfully completed his MP term by undertaking many good things in few months of term, that couldn't be continued in the next terms by the other MP. Despite being out of power, he continues to do public service and brings in important projects for the constituency. He had refused to return to the Congress party recently, despite repeated requests.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jayaprakashhegde.com/ Official Website]

{{15th LS members from Karnataka}}

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