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‘Decision to quit BJP will always hurt me’
8 months ago

‘Decision to quit BJP will always hurt me’

Hindustan Times  

Jagadish Shettar, 75, is one of the most senior politicians in Karnataka from the dominant Lingayat community. Hailing from a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh background, the former chief minister now regrets his decision to switch to the Congress after the Bharatiya Janata Party denied him a ticket in the last assembly election. Edited excerpts: New Delhi: Former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar …

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Pradeep Shettar says most Lingayat leaders will soon move out of the BJP
1 year, 3 months ago

Pradeep Shettar says most Lingayat leaders will soon move out of the BJP

The Hindu  

MLC and BJP leader Pradeep Shettar has said that most Lingayat leaders will soon move out of the BJP as they are not respected enough in the party. Mr. Shettar, who is the younger brother of the former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, told journalists on Sunday that some Lingayat leaders, including former Ministers Shankar Patil Munenakoppa and J.C. Madhuswamy, Member …

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In its best since 1989, 34 Veerashaiva-Lingayat legislators win from Congress
1 year, 7 months ago

In its best since 1989, 34 Veerashaiva-Lingayat legislators win from Congress

The Hindu  

The confusion among the Veerashiava-Lingayats, especially in Kittur Karnataka region, following the exits of Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi weeks before the elections, is being seen as the precipitating factor for the community’s perceived shift to Congress from BJP. Sub-sect factors Mr. Savadi’s exit, in particular, affected the BJP across a larger geographical area due to the spread of the …

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BJP to look into reasons for defeat; flags Congress guarantees, changed caste equations
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP to look into reasons for defeat; flags Congress guarantees, changed caste equations

The Hindu  

Shocked by the miserable defeat in the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to hold State-level and Assembly constituency-level meetings of its candidates and leaders to decipher the reasons for its loss. BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel told media persons in Bengaluru on Sunday that the meeting would be held within a few days and appealed …

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I tried to get Jagadish Shettar ticket, but BJP leadership had other plans, says Yediyurappa
1 year, 7 months ago

I tried to get Jagadish Shettar ticket, but BJP leadership had other plans, says Yediyurappa

The Hindu  

Yediyurappa stepped down as Chief Minister of Karnataka to make way for Basavaraj Bommai on July 26, 2021, with tears in his eyes. However, since then, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah have spared no opportunity to publicly acknowledge Mr. Yediyurappa’s stature in Karnataka’s politics and have made him member of the Central Parliamentary Board and central …

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​Explained: The Lingayat-Vokkaliga factor in Karnataka elections
1 year, 7 months ago

​Explained: The Lingayat-Vokkaliga factor in Karnataka elections

Firstpost  

The two traditionally powerful caste groups, Lingayats and Vokkaligas, virtually controlled state politics between 1956 and 1972 and the L-V caste equation powered the Congress’s political hold over Karnataka until the mid-1970s The shaded grand courtyard of the Sree Siddaganga Math in Tumkur, one of the oldest and most influential shrines of the Shiva-focused Lingayat sect, is an unlikely place …

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History repeating after 24 years? Shivappa too had alleged insult by party after being pipped by Shettar in 1999
1 year, 8 months ago

History repeating after 24 years? Shivappa too had alleged insult by party after being pipped by Shettar in 1999

The Hindu  

Senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar being denied party ticket to contest the Assembly polls and the subsequent rebellion by him has left several BJP leaders and functionaries wondering if history was repeating itself after 24 years. Mr. Shettar being denied ticket bears resemblance to the earlier episode of party veteran leader B.B. Mr. Shivappa had publicly asked why he was …

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Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP?
1 year, 8 months ago

Who is Jagadish Shettar and why did he quit Karnataka BJP?

Hindustan Times  

With former CM Jagadish Shettar joining the Congress, the BJP will not see the three prominent Lingayat figures contesting in this assembly elections from the party. Jagadish Shivappa Shettar, was one of the BJP’s prominent leaders in Karnataka and also a face of Lingayat community in the Hubballi Dharwad region. Shettar was also the speaker of Karnataka legislative assembly in …

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Ex-CM Jagadish Shettar resigns from BJP over denial of ticket
1 year, 8 months ago

Ex-CM Jagadish Shettar resigns from BJP over denial of ticket

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/Mangaluru: After the BJP leadership informed former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar that he could not be fielded in the upcoming Assembly polls, the Lingayat leader on Sunday resigned from the state Assembly. The last-ditch efforts of senior party leaders, including BJP's election in-charge for Karnataka Dharmendra Pradhan, Union minister Pralhad Joshi and Mr Bommai on Saturday to persuade …

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