Karnataka’s former chief minister Jagdish Shettar joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, 25 January, a year after switching to Congress. The 68-year-old Shettar, a staunch RSS man and a senior BJP leader, switched to Congress after he was denied a ticket during the 2023 assembly election.
Jagadish Shettar has contested the 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections as a Congress candidate from Hubli-Dharwad-Central. Shettar suffered defeat, he was beaten by the BJP’s Mahesh Tenginakai by over 34,000 votes, after which he blamed “money power and pressure tactics”.
Today, it is good news for us that Jagadish Shettar has again joined the BJP leaving Congress MLC post. We welcome him in the party,” says Union minister Bhupendra Yadav.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar had on Wednesday said that the BJP is desperately trying to get back former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar into its fold ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The deputy chief minister said the BJP and the JD(S) are suffering from a serious deficit of leadership and self-confidence and hence they have joined hands. Now they are desperately trying to get Shettar back into the party fold.
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“We made H D Kumaraswamy the Chief Minister to keep the BJP away. Now, Kumaraswamy is embracing the very people who brought his government down. This unholy alliance is a clear example of the state of affairs in the two parties,” he added.
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Published: 25 Jan 2024, 01:27 PM IST