Jagadish Shettar who was disgruntled with the BJP after being denied a ticket in the Karnataka Assembly election 2023 is now back to the party again.
Lingayat leader and former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar who left the BJP ahead of the Karnataka Assembly Election in 2023 as he was denied a ticket rejoined the party. On Thursday afternoon, he reached the BJP headquarters where he was welcomed back to the party in the presence of former CM BS Yediyurappa and state BJP President BY Vijayendra. While speculations were rife that Jagadish Shettar — whose association with the BJP was long and his last-minute switch ahead of the state election was rather shocking — would again make a switch, the Congress leaders said many BJP leaders were desperately trying for the return of Shettar. “This is a tell-tale sign of weakness in the party. They don’t have candidates for the upcoming general elections,” Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar said hours before Shettar joined the BJP.
