The ‘ghar wapsi’ of former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, although being termed as a “shocker” to the Congress, does not seem to be so if the local leaders in North Karnataka are to be believed.
Mr. Shettar, who switched over to the Congress and lost bitterly in the last Assembly election, has not been active in the party organisation, say insiders. Although Mr. Shettar was rewarded with the position of member of Legislative Council, he was never seen in the party’s activities in the last couple of months he has been with the Congress.
It is true that for a man who has been with the saffron party close to five decades, it is difficult to get accustomed to the Congress culture. But the local leaders feel that he “made no honest efforts” to get acclimatised to the new environment despite the party embracing him and rewarding him.
