Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined Congress today in the presence ofparty president Mallikarjun Kharge. The move comes after Mr Shettar quit the BJP after being denied a ticket for the upcoming state Assembly elections.
Here are 5 facts about Jagadish Shettar:
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A Lingayat face, Jagadish Shettar served as the 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka from July 2012 to May 2013.
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Mr Shettar was elected as the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha speaker after the BJP came to power on its own for the first time in the state in 2008.
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Mr Shettar comes from a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) background and started his political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) before moving to the BJP.
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Mr Shettar had been associated with the BJP for over three decades He also served as the party’s Karnataka state president in 2005.
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A six-time MLA, Mr Shettar has been representing the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency previously (Hubli Rural) since 1994. He won by over 21,000 votes in the last Assembly elections in 2018, defeating his Congress rival Mahesh Nalwad.
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