Mangaluru, Dec 6: Erstwhile Hindutwa leader and former Puttur MLA Urimajalu Rama Bhat passed away today due to age related illness. He was 92.
Bhat was the first Sangh Parivar leader to become an MLA in Karnataka, even before the national party BJP had been formed.
In recent years he had become a harsh critic of BJP when scams involving party members and differences between them came after BJP came to power in the state for the first time.
Bhat had also launched a political organisation named Swabhimani Vedike' in 2008, when present Congress MLA Shakunthala Shetty was denied a seat from the BJP.
Jan Sangh veteran was also a mentor of Union Railway Minister and former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda.
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