The announcement by Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti that he will be contesting his next MLC election on BJP ticket has not gone down well with a section of the BJP leaders, including one of the aspirants and former MLC Mohan Limbikai, who has accused Mr. Horatti of spreading falsehood.
Speaking to presspersons in Hubballi on Sunday, Mr. Horatti had announced his decision to join the BJP. He also said that he will be contesting his next election as BJP candidate from the Karnataka West Teachers Constituency, which he has won a record seven times.
He had also said that BJP leaders had invited him to join the party and he had accepted the invitation and that national party president J.P. Nadda and the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa had given consent to the proposal.