The BJP has betrayed the belief of the folks of Belagavi by nominating Jagadish Shettar for the Lok Sabha polls, Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar mentioned in Gokak on Thursday.
She instructed reporters that Jagadish Shettar has discriminated towards Belagavi previously and that his claims of Belagavi being his Karma Bhoomi are pointless.
Ms. Hebbalkar additionally raised the problem of outsider towards Mr. Shettar. “Why has Mr. Shettar come here? Is that only to hoodwink the people of Belagavi? I would like to ask what is his contribution to the district? He has clearly worked against our interests in the past. He is saying Belagavi is his Karma Bhoomi. Are we crazy to believe such claims?,” she mentioned.
She mentioned that in COVID-19, Mr. Shettar conspired to shift an oxygen producing unit sanctioned for Belagavi to Hubballi. “Belagavi is a very large district and the demand for oxygen was more valid than in other areas. But leaders like Mr. Shettar snatched away the oxygen unit from us,” she mentioned.
He was Hubballi MLA for six phrases. He has loved all positions, together with that of the Chief Minister. He has come right here after he was rejected there, she mentioned.
She identified that native BJP leaders are usually not proud of the selection of Mr. Shettar and that they’ve complained to the occasion excessive command. Some BJP leaders and employees have additionally began a #gobackshettar marketing campaign on-line as their vanity is harm. In such a scenario, Mr. Shettar must be ashamed of combating from Belagavi, she mentioned.
Mr. Shettar is defending his candidature by saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself fought the elections from one other State. Is Mr. Shettar a frontrunner of the stature of Mr. Modi? He ought to replicate on it, she mentioned.