Last Updated: April 11, 2023, 19:56 IST
Jagadish Shettar stated that he has instructed the celebration management that it was not acceptable to him. (File photograph/News18)
Shettar, a 67-year-old sitting MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central, stated he has requested the BJP excessive command to give him a chance to contest as he has by no means misplaced a single ballot
As the ruling BJP is all set to announce its first checklist of greater than 175 candidates for the May 10 Karnataka meeting polls, former state chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday stated he has been requested by the celebration central management not to contest the polls “to make manner for others”.
Shettar, a 67-year-old sitting MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central, said he has requested the BJP high command to give him an opportunity to contest as he has never lost a single poll.
Stating that he was “hurt” by the choice, Shettar stated that he has instructed the celebration management that it was not acceptable to him. “I acquired a message from the seniors within the celebration that I’m senior and a former chief minister. So, make manner for others. If that they had instructed me two to three months in the past, then it might have been respectable for me. When the nomination is simply two days away (to start), I’m undoubtedly damage. I’ve instructed them that I’ll contest the election. Whatever you could have stated is just not acceptable to me. So, please rethink your determination and provides me a chance to contest the election once more,” he was quoted as saying by PTI.
Asserting that he has worked hard for 30 years to build the BJP in the north Karnataka region, Shettar said he got elected to the assembly six times and every time had won the seat with a margin of 25,000 votes or more.
Shettar, a former BJP state unit president and Assembly Speaker, claimed, “I questioned them why I should not contest the election. What are my minus points? In the survey, which they have done in all the constituencies, according to the information I got, a positive response has come — almost 70 per cent positive response and public opinion is there (in my favour).”
Meanwhile, the BJP will quickly announce its first checklist after a closing dialogue with Union Home Minister Amit Shah as soon as he returns to Delhi, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated on Tuesday after a gathering with celebration president JP Nadda on the latter’s residence within the nationwide capital.
Bommai instructed reporters, “Today we had a closing assembly. Probably, the house minister could have an inside assembly with nationwide leaders after reaching Delhi. They will announce the primary checklist quickly.” Two lists of candidates will be announced. In the first list, more than 175 candidates will be cleared, he added.
(with inputs from PTI)
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