The former Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti is an unhappy man after developments in the BJP forced the postponement of the election process for the Council Chairman’s post. Following a section of BJP members opposing his nomination to the position, the government did not move the process of conducting the election, resulting in pro-tem chairman Raghunath Rao Malkapure continuing in the post.
Mr. Horatti, who was promised re-election to the post by a section of senior BJP leaders before he moved from the Janata Dal (Secular) to the BJP, was expected to be elected in the monsoon session of the legislature that ended on Friday. The veteran leader registered a record eighth consecutive victory from the Karnataka West Teachers constituency on a BJP ticket in June this year. He had resigned from the JD(S) and the Chairman’s post to join the BJP before the election.
