Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mahesh Tenginkai who has been fielded by the saffron party against the turncoat Jagadish Shettar in the upcoming polls, on Tuesday said that BJP wanted the new generation to enter politics.
Karnataka cabinet minister CN Ashwathnarayan on Sunday said that former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress, will be a setback for the grand old party.
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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday exuded confidence that the newly fielded candidate Mahesh Tenjinakai will win the Karnataka Assembly polls with a margin of 50,000 votes.
Former Prime Minister HD Dewegowda's grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy on Monday filed his nomination as a candidate of Janata Dal-Secular for the May 10 Assembly polls and expressed confidence that the party will be voted to power in Karnataka.
Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Monday filed his nomination from Kanakapura constituency in the Ramanagara district for the State Assembly polls and said that the party will surpass the 150 seats mark in the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Six-time MLA and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday questioned the double standards of the party as on one hand top leadership is giving an opportunity to the younger generation in electoral politics and on the contrary
After BJP MLA Jagadish Shettar resigned from his membership in the state assembly, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said if Shettar comes back to BJP, the party would welcome him.