BJP ‘turncoat’ Jagadish Shettar blames ‘money vitality’ after shedding in Karnataka elections
Hours after shedding the Karnataka elections from the Hubli-Dharwad-Central constituency on a Congress ticket, Jagadish Shettar went on accountable the ‘money power’ and ‘pressure tactics’ of BJP for his unceremonious defeat.
Shettar, who was earlier a Minister inside the cabinet of ex-Karnataka CM and BJP chief BS Yediyurappa, reportedly left the saffron social gathering after being denied a ticket inside the 2023 Karnataka elections.
“In the last six elections, I have not at all used any money power. I have not distributed any money to the voters. It is the first time that the BJP candidate has distributed ₹ 500-1000 to the voters,” he claimed.
#WATCH | Congress chief and candidate from Hubli-Dharwad-Central, Jagadish Shettar speaks on his defeat inside the Karnataka Assembly Elections. Says, “Money power has played a very important role.” (13.05) pic.twitter.com/F8bzqyV74m
— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2023
“Money power and pressure tactics have affected my (candidature)…Money power can change a lot of things…There are a lot of business people and industrialists in the Hubbali constituency,” Jagadish Shettar alleged.
He further claimed that the shortage of the BJP inside the 2023 Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election is a setback for the Modi-Shah duo inside the run-up to the 2024 General Elections.
“All of them targetted Jagdish Shettar, and what did that do? They lost the entire state…What did they achieve? Was defeating Jagdish Shettar the final goal?” the earlier BJP chief brazened it out.
Interestingly, Shettar’s allegations of the utilization of ‘money power’ and ‘pressure tactics’ come at a time when his new social gathering aka Congress managed to ace the polls with an enormous margin.
Jagadish Shettar loses to BJP’s Mahesh Tenginakai
Jagadish Shettar gained on a BJP ticket thrice from the Hubli-Dharwad-Central seat all through the 2008, 2013, and 2018 Vidhan Sabha elections. However, defecting to the Congress proved unfruitful as he misplaced out to his rival Mahesh Tenginakai by 34289 votes inside the 2023 polls.
Shettar had resigned as MLA and from the primary membership of the social gathering in April this yr, after he claimed he felt ‘humiliated’ as BJP, sidelined him to current need to youthful candidates inside the upcoming state assembly elections.
Reacting to his allegation, Karnataka’s chief minister, Basavaraj Bommai, had acknowledged that BJP offered Shettar quite a lot of decisions, along with a good larger put up contained within the organisation, governorship, or social gathering ticket to a relative; nonetheless, Shettar rejected each one amongst them.
