Jagadish Shettar, BJP nominee from Belagavi constituency, campaigned in KLE Society’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belagavi on Friday.
This is the first time Mr. Shettar held a campaign meeting on the society premises since his candidature was announced. His nomination had led to some disapproval from local leaders in Belagavi. All the disgruntled leaders held a meeting at the residence of Prabhakar Kore, KLE Society chairman, to oppose Mr. Shettar’s nomination. They decided to request the party leadership in Bengaluru to change the candidate and choose a local leader instead. Rajya Sabha member Iranna Kadadi, Mr. Kore, MLA Abhay Patil, former MLA Anil Benake, former MLC Mahantesh Kavatagimath and others were present in the meeting.
However, the party’s decision prevailed and local leaders were forced to accept it. However, most of these leaders were not very active in the campaign in Belagavi. Mr. Patil was deputed to Telangana and spent most of this time there. Mr. Shettar, did not spend much time consoling them either.
