Jagadish Shettar, who joined Congress from BJP, to contest in Karnataka MLC bypolls

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, June 19, 2023: The Congress has named former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who lost the recent Assembly election, as a candidate in the upcoming Karnataka legislative council bypolls. Apart from Shettar, Congress has also named Tippannappa Kamaknoor and NS Boseraju as candidates for the MLC bypolls to be held on June 30.

 

The bypolls were necessitated after three BJP leaders- Laxman Savadi, Baburao Chianchansur, and R Shankar resigned from their posts after the party denied them party tickets to contest the Assembly polls.

Interestingly, Jagadish Shettar, a Lingayat leader, quit the BJP and joined the Congress for the same reason. He contested the polls from Hubballi Dharwad Central seat on a Congress ticket, but faced defeat.

Since Shettar’s election loss, the Congress has been mulling over how to accommodate the Lingayat leader ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

As the MLAs will vote in the MLC bypolls, the ruling party, Congress, has an upper hand with 135 seats. The election is scheduled on June 30 and the results will be announced on the same day.

Courtesy: India Today