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| B. D. Jatti | |
|---|---|
| Name | Basappa Danappa Jatti |
| Honorific-prefix | His Excellency |
| Office | Vice President of India |
| Order | 5th |
| Term start | 31 August 1974 |
| Term end | 11 February 1979 |
| President | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed; Muhammad Hidayatullah (Acting) |
| Predecessor | Gopal Swarup Pathak |
| Successor | M. Hidayatullah |
B. D. Jatti Basappa Danappa Jatti was an Indian politician and administrator who served as the fifth Vice President of India and as Acting President of India during the 1970s. He held multiple roles in Mysore State politics, represented the Indian National Congress in legislative and executive offices, and later participated in public and educational institutions linked to national policy and regional development. His tenure intersected with major figures and events such as Indira Gandhi, the Emergency, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and constitutional precedents concerning succession.
Jatti was born in a Kannada-speaking region near Dharwad in the princely context of Mysore State under the British Raj. He received schooling influenced by institutions associated with Maharaja of Mysore patronage and attended collegiate studies in Pune and Bombay, interacting with contemporaries from Madras Presidency, Hyderabad State, Travancore, and Baroda State. His formative years coincided with national movements led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, and Subhas Chandra Bose, and with policy debates in bodies like the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League.
Jatti entered public office during the post-independence reorganization that created Mysore State and engaged with state institutions like the Mysore Legislative Assembly and the State Public Service Commission. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Mysore and then as Chief Minister of Mysore, working alongside leaders from the Indian National Congress and negotiating with figures connected to Karnataka politics, such as S. Nijalingappa, Kengal Hanumanthaiah, D. Devaraj Urs, and A. K. Subbaiah. His administration dealt with policy challenges involving agencies like the Planning Commission and interfaced with central ministers including C. Subramaniam, V. K. Krishna Menon, N. Sanjiva Reddy, and L. K. Advani-era regional opponents. Jatti's state tenure saw interactions with commissions and institutions such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh critiques, All India Kisan Sabha demands, and legislative matters referenced in the States Reorganisation Commission outcomes.
Within the Indian National Congress Jatti aligned with senior leaders like Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, K. Kamaraj, H. C. Dasappa, and Nehru-era policymakers. He served in party structures that coordinated with national organs including the All India Congress Committee, the Congress Working Committee, and parliamentary caucuses in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. His political network spanned interactions with regional Congress stalwarts—Veerendra Patil, Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa, Veerendra Patil—and with opposition personalities such as Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Jayaprakash Narayan, and Charan Singh. As a Congress leader he participated in dialogues involving laws like the Maintenance of Internal Security Act debates, electoral reforms influenced by the Election Commission of India, and constitutional amendments debated in sessions where figures like B. R. Ambedkar had earlier shaped foundational discourse.
Elected Vice President in 1974, Jatti served during a period including the presidential term of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and, after Ahmed's death, served as Acting President under constitutional provisions that had been interpreted amid crises such as the declaration of the Emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1975. As Acting President he worked with constitutional authorities like The President of India office staff, the Prime Minister of India, and the Supreme Court of India; contemporaneous national actors included Y. V. Chandrasekhar, Pranab Mukherjee, B. D. Khobragade, and secularism advocates like M. S. Golwalkar. His term overlapped with events involving the Satluj-Yamuna Link disputes, chief ministerial changes in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and interactions with governors nominated from lists including M. Hidayatullah and K. R. Narayanan.
After leaving the Vice Presidency, Jatti remained engaged with public institutions, trusteeships, and university bodies linked to Karnataka University, Gulbarga University, and regional development agencies. He associated with commissions addressing issues raised by organizations like the National Development Council and participated in ceremonies with leaders such as R. Venkataraman, Zail Singh, V. P. Singh, and P. V. Narasimha Rao. His legacy is commemorated in state memorials, educational endowments, and analyses by historians referencing the Emergency era, constitutional succession, and the evolution of Karnataka politics in studies alongside subjects like D. Devaraj Urs and S. Nijalingappa. He is often cited in scholarly works examining the balance between ceremonial presidency and political exigency in post-independence India.
Category:Vice Presidents of India Category:People from Karnataka