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Jagadish Shettar is one of the most prominent political figures in the fray in the Karnataka assembly election. His falling out with the BJP over not getting a ticket, and then taking on the party he served for years has been in the spotlight

An epic battle is on the cards in Hubli-Dharwad Central with Shettar fighting to retain his traditional stronghold, albeit on a Congress ticket, and the BJP pulling out all stops to beat him.

Mahesh Tenginkai, the BJP candidate from Karnataka's Hubli-Dharwad Central seat, may have pitched his high-stakes battle against Congress rival Jagadish Shettar as a 'guru-shishya' contest, but the former chief minister rejects the billing, saying Tenginkai's "guru is in Delhi". Shettar, a longtime BJP leader who joined the Congress recently, has blamed the BJP's national

The Congress honoured the six-time MLA by giving him a ticket to contest from the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency while the BJP chose its state general secretary Mahesh Tenginkai

The BJP picked its state general secretary (organisation) Mahesh Tenginkai for the the Hubli-Dharwad Central seat

Shettar has been given the ticket from Hubli-Dharwad-Central Assembly segment which he currently represents.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday blamed BJP national general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh for rejecting his plea for a ticket in the poll-bound state a day after quitting the party and joined the Congress.