title: Halady Srinivas Shetty
text: # Halady Srinivas Shetty
  
  Halady Srinivas Shetty (born 6 April 1951) is a five-term MLA from Kundapur. He quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2012, after denial of ministerial berth, but rejoined the party before the 2018 assembly election. He is fondly called as ''ಕುಂದಾಪುರದ ವಾಜಪೇಯಿ (Vajapayee of Kundapura)'' due to his simplicity.
  
  