BJP workers want ticket for a candidate other than Basavaraj Mattimud in Kalaburagi Rural segment

District convener of BJP Unorganised Labour Cell Veeru Swamy Narona and district secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha Shashidhar Maka, amongst others, addressing a press convention in Kalaburagi on Sunday.
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Opposition inside the BJP to the candidature of Kalaburagi Rural Assembly Constituency MLA Basavaraj Mattimud grew on Sunday when workers of the Kalaburagi Rural unit urged the social gathering excessive command to provide ticket to a candidate other than Mr. Mattimud.

District convener of BJP Unorganised Labour Cell Veeru Swamy Narona and district secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha Shashidhar Maka, addressing a press convention in Kalaburagi on Sunday, criticised Mr. Mattimud for failing to undertake growth works in the constituency.

They accused him of ignoring the social gathering workers in the constituency.

Mr. Narona stated that if the BJP needs to retain the Kalaburagi Rural seat, ticket shouldn’t be given to the sitting MLA.

Mr. Narona additionally stated that the legislator is concerned in cricket betting. In November 2020, Maharashtra Police raided the residence of Mr. Mattimud in Kalaburagi and busted an IPL cricket betting racket whereas recovering ₹38 lakh in money and a automobile belonging to his spouse.

Many youths in the constituency have misplaced their property and destroyed their lives as a consequence of cricket betting, he added.

He stated that the legislator additionally used affect to get an RSS employee Pradeep Bhalki banished from the district. He stated that Mr. Mattimud additionally received false circumstances registered in opposition to 28 BJP workers projecting them as rowdy-sheeters.

Mr. Mattimud misled the social gathering management in opposition to Ravi Biradar, former normal secretary of the BJP Rural unit, and efficiently received him expelled from the social gathering, Mr. Narona stated and added that the legislator sidelined all social gathering workers who labored for his victory in the 2018 Assembly elections.

“Though Mr. Mattimud is an outsider, party workers from different sections worked to ensure a record victory in the 2018 Assembly elections. It is party workers like us who have made him the face of the BJP in the constituency. But he backstabbed those who worked for his victory,” Mr. Narona stated.