As the BJP suffered a setback with the exit of six-time MLA Jagadish Shettar, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that there is no need to bother about those who quit the party.
After prominent Lingayat leader Jagadish Shettar defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Congress ahead of the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the former Karnataka chief minister would be used and later thrown out by C
"Jagadish Shettar has been a senior and an important leader in this region. JP Nadda and Union Home Minister had promised a big post in Delhi to Shettar. Everything would have been fine if the former CM had continued," Basavaraj Bommai told media in Hubballi.
After former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar resigned as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said Shettar's move has pained him.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that he received a tremendous response in the Shiggaon constituency as the people have blessed him several times.
Shettar, a six-time MLA from the constituency who was reportedly advised by the party to stand down and not seek a fresh term as MLA from the Hubli-Dharwad Central segment, following which his followers expressed their anguish against the party's high command.
Amid deadlock with the party over the ticket allocation, former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Jagdish Shettar on Saturday said that he would take a further decision after meeting with state election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday, escaped an accident in Udupi, after a minor fire broke out near his helipad in Udupi, informed the police.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday expressed confidence in resolving the differences with the disgruntled leaders of the BJP and said that the senior leaders of the party are attempting to convince them.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list a plea challenging the Karnataka government's decision to scrap the reservation of four per cent given to Muslims in the state.