Upset over being denied occasion ticket from Dharwad (Rural) Constituency, chairman of Karnataka Bayaluseme Development Board Tavanappa Ashtagi tendered his resignation to the board and BJP major membership at a press convention in Dharwad on Wednesday.
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The launch of the primary listing of candidates for the 4 Assembly segments in Dharwad district has led to dissent amongst robust aspirants for BJP ticket in Dharwad, Kundgol and Hubballi-Dharwad East constituencies leading to one chief resigning from the occasion’s major membership and another ready with his resignation letter.
Taking robust exception to the occasion’s determination to offer sitting MLA Amrut Desai a second likelihood to contest, chairman of Karnataka Bayaluseme Development Board Tavanappa Ashtagi who was an aspirant for occasion ticket from Dharwad Rural constituency has tendered his resignation to the first membership of the occasion.
Announcing his determination to stop the occasion on Wednesday, Mr. Ashtagi displayed his resignation letter earlier than media individuals and mentioned that he has stop the chairmanship as nicely as the first membership of the occasion.
Mr. Ashtagi, who belongs to the Jain neighborhood, accused Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of meting out injustice to Jain neighborhood.
“In 2018, I had worked for Amrut Desai’s victory. Now that he is facing anti-incumbency, I will be blamed if he loses. Hence, to avoid the blame, I am quitting the BJP,” Mr. Ashtagi mentioned.
Meanwhile, different aspirants, together with the previous MLA Seema Masuti and Savita Amarashetty, have expressed disappointment over not being thought-about for occasion ticket.
Chikkanagoudar’s letter
In Kundgol, the place the BJP has chosen M.R. Patil to contest, S.I. Chikkanagoudar, former MLA and relative of the previous Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, held a gathering of his followers on Wednesday and brazenly introduced that he’s ready with his resignation letter to the first membership of the occasion and that there isn’t any query of him going again to the BJP.
Mr. Chikkanagoudar, thought-about a detailed aide of Mr. Yediyurappa, had joined the KJP and got here again to the BJP after his mentor’s return.
His allegation is that Mr. M.R. Patil had labored in opposition to the occasion within the final elections inflicting his defeat and now, the occasion has chosen to area such a candidate.
He instructed media individuals that he’ll take a call on contesting after discussing the problem with his followers. And, whether or not he’ll be a part of the Congress if supplied ticket, he requested: “What is wrong in doing so?.”
According to dependable sources, Mr. Chikkanagoudar has already reached a truce with different ticket aspirants of the Congress. In Kundgol, the Congress has not but selected fielding the sitting MLA Kusumavati Shivalli.
In another growth, the supporters of Chandrashekhar Gokak, an RSS employee and aspirant of BJP ticket for Hubballi-Dharwad East constituency, are upset over Mr. Gokak being denied ticket.
On Wednesday, they took to the streets, blocked the street for a while and demanded ticket for him.
