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By India Today Web Desk: Former BJP leader Jagadish Shettar, who resigned from the saffron party and joined the Congress on Monday, will be contesting the upcoming Karnataka elections from his home constituency Hubbali-Dharwad on a Congress ticket.
A six-time MLA and a former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar was upset with the BJP after the party released the first list of 189 candidates without his name. He went to Delhi to visit BJP’s national president J P Nadda to convince about giving him an election ticket and let him fight from his home constituency.
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Even BJP leader B S Yediyurappa was confident that Jagadish Shettar would be given a BJP ticket to contest the Karnataka elections.
However, Jagadish Shettar reaching out to the party high command failed to have the desired impact as the BJP released the second list of 23 candidates without his name.
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On Sunday, the former Chief Minister resigned from the BJP, stating that he felt humiliated about being refused a party ticket to contest the upcoming elections.
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