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Shikaripura, April 19: People of Shikaripura in the poll-bound Karnataka were filled with euphoria as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday held a roadshow in the district.

There is no need to boycott Amul in my view. You keep doing what you want to do. If Amul is snatching something, it is a matter of protest, Patel said.

Unfazed over the exit of disgruntled leaders who were denied tickets for the May 10 Assembly polls, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday that the BJP is a community and cadre-based party and it will win 130 seats to get absolute majority in the 224-member state Assembly.

Jagadish Shettar blamed BL Santhosh for sidelining him and denying the ticket from Hubballi-Dharwad Central seat so that his loyalist Mahesh Tenginkai could be accommodated.

Former CM Jagadish Shettar alleges Mahesh Tenginakayi got the ticket from Hubli-Dharwad Central and T S Srivatsa replaced ex-state minister S A Ramdas in Mysuru because of their ties to the central BJP leader.

Senior BJP leader V Somanna, who is set to take on Congress veteran Siddaramaiah in the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, faced embarrassment on the campaign trail today.

V Somanna, a senior BJP leader and former minister in charge of housing and infrastructure development, was confronted by a group of people who surrounded him and raised concerns.

"The Cong will win around 150 seats. We will get considerable Lingayat support...," Siddaramaiah tells News18 at his Bengaluru residence, adding the entry of BJP leaders such as Jagdish Shettar is an indication of which way the wind was blowing

The Congress leader met Speaker Vishweshwar Hegade Kageri in Sirsi and submitted his resignation letter.

Speaking to reporters at the Mysuru airport, Bommai said that a few leaders may have deserted the party but as the BJP is not an individual-based party like others, the defection of some leaders will not have any impact.