The former Chief Minister and Congress leader Jagadish Shettar said in Gadag on Sunday that several BJP leaders are planning to join the Congress. Several BJP leaders and legislators are in touch with me over this issue, he said. He refused to reveal the names of such leaders.
He told reporters that the BJP is suffering from a serious mismanagement of the State unit leadership.
“It fielded wrong candidates in the Assembly elections and lost. In Ramadurga, for example, an extremely rich candidate from outside the district was fielded, while in Byndoor, a candidate with criminal antecedents was chosen,” he said.
