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TopicJagdish Shettar

Topic: Jagdish Shettar

‘Humiliated, treated as use & throw’: Denied ticket, former Karnataka CM Shettar quits BJP

Shettar says senior BJP leaders offered him Rajya Sabha seat, Union Cabinet berth but could not explain why party chose to deny him a ticket.

No end to Shettar suspense, graft accused & 6 other sitting MLAs dropped — BJP’s 2nd list for Karnataka polls

Second list prompted another sitting MLA, M.P. Kumaraswamy, to announce resignation. BJP yet to name candidates for Shettar's Hubli-Dharwad (Central) & Eshwarappa's Shivamogga.

With Shettar firm on fighting polls, will high command yield? All eyes on BJP as it navigates Karnataka crisis

Yediyurappa has said there's '99%' chance ex-CM Jagadish Shettar will get a ticket. Meanwhile, protests broke out in Belagavi district after 2 of its sitting MLAs left off 1st list.

‘What are my minus points,’ Karnataka ex-CM Jagadish Shettar asks BJP after denied ticket

In what looks like the first major rebellion in the party, the six-time MLA has written to the high command requesting another chance to fight elections.

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RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

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