Karnataka polls: Former CM Jagadish Shettar joins Congress two days after quitting BJP
Shettar is the second prominent BJP leader of the politically-significant Lingayat community to join the Congress since the last week.
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Shettar is the second prominent BJP leader of the politically-significant Lingayat community to join the Congress since the last week.
BJP on Monday announced its candidate for the Hubballi-Dharwad Central seat hours after former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined the Congress as the electioneering picked up momentum in the sourthern state with the nomination process to end in two days.
Any Lingayat joining the Congress closer to polling day is a boost for the party which is desperately trying to woo the community back. After Savadi, many more Lingayat leaders from north K'taka are expected to switch sides, claim Congress sources
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