Picture : Twitter/ ANI
A day after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday joined Congress ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. His move from BJP is seen as big blow as the party grapples with resignations and rebellions ahead of the May 10 voting.
I am wholeheartedly joining Congress. I was contacted by Congress leaders including DK Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah, Randeep Surjewala and MB Patil. When they invited me, I came without any second thought, Jagadish Shettar after joining Congress was quoted as saying by ANI
#WATCH | Former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar joins Congress, in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, KPCC president DK Shivakumar & Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Siddaramaiah at the party office in Bengaluru.
Jagadish Shettar resigned from BJP yesterday. pic.twitter.com/vxqVuKKPs1
— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2023
Shettar arrived at the Congress office in Bengaluru this morning . His induction to the party took place in the presence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka state Congress president DK Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Siddaramaiah.
Speaking on the occasion, Kharge said, “I do not need to give more introduction about Jagadish Shettar. His joining will boost the enthusiasm of the Congress, He is the person who not only wins alone, he is a person who is capable to win more seats.”
Though he was in RSS and Jana Sangha, he’s a non-controversial person. We have worked together .
Our target was 150, now after Shettar’s joining it’s confirmed that we will reach the target.
I welcome former CM Jagadish Shettar to our party. He is known as a decent politician in Karnataka. Though he’s from RSS, he’s a secular person. I worked with him as the opposition leader and he was the opposition leader when I was CM. He was an honest party worker in BJP and always stood with the party, not for personal gain, Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah told ANI
