Ahead of the 10 May Assembly elections, Jagadish Shettar, a senior BJP politician and former chief minister of Karnataka, joined the Congress on Monday.
Senior BJP leader Amar Singh Patil also joined Congress along with Shettar. Speaking at the occasion, Shettar said, “Yesterday I left BJP and today I joined the Congress party. Many are surprised as an opposition leader, former chief minister and party president is joining Congress. BJP has given me every position and being a party worker I always worked for the party’s growth.” ” I was among those who organised and worked for the growth of the (BJP) party. Yes BJP gave me respect and position. I won as an MLA six times and I thought I would be naturally fielded for the seventh time,” he said.
