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A day after former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka Laxman Savadi was denied ticket to fight the state Assembly elections, the BJP MLC announced his decision to quit the party. “I have certainly taken a decision. I have decided to resign from the primary membership of the party,” Savadi said in a press conference. He stated that he will make a “strong decision” on Thursday evening and will start working from Friday.
Savadi is a three-time MLA from Athani. However, he lost in the 2018 polls to then-Congress candidate Mahesh Kumathalli. Along with many others from Congress, Kumarthali later jumped ship to the BJP helping the party to topple the Congress-JD(S) coalition and form its government under the B S Yediyurappa in 2019.
The party has now given Athani ticket to Kumathalli, who is also a close associate of Savadi’s arch rival and BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi.
After much delay, the BJP on Tuesday announced its first list of candidates for the May 10 polls in Karnataka. With 52 fresh faces featuring on the list, the saffron party left out some of the prominent names leaving them and their supporters disappointed.
With local Congress leaders reportedly in touch with Savadi, there are speculations that he might join the grand old party. Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar however said Savadi is not in touch him. “He is neither in touch with me nor he has spoken with mme,” ANI quoted Shivakumar as saying.
