Senior Lingayat leader Jagadish Shettar, who rebelled against the BJP and switched sides with the Congress, lost yesterday from the Hubbali-Dharwad constituency by a margin of바카라 웹사이트nearly 32,000 votes. He claimed that바카라 웹사이트"money power" contributed to his defeat.
"In the last six elections, I have not at all used money power, never distributed money to voters. (This is the) First time that the BJP candidate has distributed바카라 웹사이트₹바카라 웹사이트500-1000 to voters," Shettar said, allegedly accusing his rival of distributing money. He lost the seat to BJP's Mahesh Tenginakai.
He further said that the BJP is "neglecting" the Lingayat community.바카라 웹사이트
In a major turn of events, former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar had announced his resignation from the BJP after he was denied a ticket. The 67-year-old바카라 웹사이트was the sitting MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central. The BJP high command had earlier asked him to drop his name for the election and that left the senior leader upset.바카라 웹사이트
He contested from the same constituency바카라 웹사이트on the Congress ticket for the first time.바카라 웹사이트The exit of Shettar from the North Karnataka region had바카라 웹사이트triggered a political row with Congress accusing the BJP of being an 'anti-Lingyat' party.바카라 웹사이트
