The Karnataka Congress has downplayed the development of Jagadish Shettar quitting the party to join the BJP. The former Karnataka Chief Minister, who had quit the BJP to join the Congress ahead of the state assembly polls last year, rejoined his old party on Thursday. Shettar cited his long association with the BJP, and said many of his well-wishers wanted him to join the party.
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00:00 The Karnataka Congress has downplayed the development of Jagdish Shetter, quitting the
00:07 party to join the BJP.
00:09 The former Karnataka chief minister, who had quit the BJP to join the Congress ahead of
00:13 the state assembly polls last year, rejoined his old party on Thursday.
00:18 Shetter cited his long association with the BJP and said many of his well-wishers wanted
00:23 him to join the party.
00:25 On Jagdish Shetter rejoining BJP, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said, "Jagdish Shetter said
00:30 the BJP insulted him by not giving him a ticket.
00:33 Although we gave him a ticket, he lost the assembly election.
00:36 Still, we made him a member of the legislative council and treated him with respect.
00:41 I don't know about him rejoining the BJP.
00:43 He told me that he had been humiliated by the BJP and would not go back again."
00:48 Taking a swipe at the Karnataka BJP, state minister Priyank Khadge said, "I heard a statement
00:53 saying that he has rejoined BJP.
00:55 So it is very evident that in Karnataka, BJP lacks leadership.
00:59 They don't have faith in their current state of leadership.
01:01 Hence they need Shetter.
01:03 Him going to BJP must have a deeper meaning than just what it is.
01:07 Whatever it is, Congress is not dependent on anybody, dependent only on its local leaders,
01:12 workers.
01:13 It is not a big blow to the party as the media makes it look like."
01:16 "I heard a statement saying that he has rejoined BJP to strengthen Prime Minister Modi's prospects
01:27 of becoming a CM.
01:28 So it is very evident that in Karnataka, BJP lacks leadership.
01:34 They don't have faith in their current state of leadership.
01:38 Hence they need Mr. Shetter.
01:41 Mr. Shetter in his statement also has very clearly told, 'Congress has given me justice.
01:46 Congress has treated me respectfully in spite of BJP denying him a ticket as an ex-CM, in
01:52 spite of him losing an election on a Congress ticket.
01:55 Congress made him an MLC.
01:56 He is grateful for that is what he said.
01:59 So him going to BJP must have a deeper meaning than just what it is.
02:06 Whatever it is, Congress is not dependent on anybody.
02:09 The Congress is heavily dependent on its local leaders.
02:12 They are dependent on their workers.
02:15 We are a 135-year-old party and we have a long history and we can deal with it.
02:20 It's not a big blow to the party as the media makes it look like."
02:25 Salim Ahmed, the working president of Karnataka Congress Committee, expressed surprise over
02:30 the development, stating that they had not expected it.
02:34 He mentioned that when the BJP dumped Shetter, the Congress party provided him a ticket to
02:38 contest the polls.
02:40 Even after he lost, Congress made him the MLC.
02:42 They were even planning to give him an important post in the party.
02:46 He criticized the BJP, saying they used him.
02:48 He alleged they dumped him even though he was in the party for the last 40-45 years.
02:53 Until yesterday, he criticized the BJP.
02:56 Congress gave him all the respect, he added.
02:59 When BJP dumped Jagdish Shetter, the former Chief Minister, Congress Party gave him a
03:11 ticket.
03:12 After losing also, Congress made him the MLC.
03:20 They were also planning to give him some important post in the party also.
03:27 Yesterday we came to know that he has joined BJP.
03:34 But till now he has not sent any letter to the KPC President, Mr. D.K.
03:38 Shukumar.
03:39 Still we have not received.
03:41 Hopefully it might be mailed.
03:43 It was unexpected.
03:44 Mr. Jagdish Shetter criticized Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that they used me.
03:54 I was a worker of the BJP from last 40-45 years.
03:59 They did not do justice to me.
04:03 They dumped me.
04:04 That was the allegations by Mr. Jagdish Shetter.
04:07 And he was criticizing BJP.
04:10 After joining also, till yesterday he was criticizing BJP.
04:14 Suddenly I don't know what happened.
04:17 His joining again back BJP.
04:21 This is unexpected.
04:22 However, the BJP has welcomed Shetter to the party fold.
04:26 He had gone to Congress out of anger and not due to his heartfelt love for Congress.
04:30 He was very uncomfortable there.
04:32 He took this call at the right time.
04:34 It is good for him as well as the BJP.
04:36 Congress is on the downtrend.
04:37 And in Karnataka, we have seen that a lot of ministers have even refused to contest.
04:43 Congress doesn't have more than 50% good candidates to feed.
04:46 So we are going to win more than 25 out of the 28 seats this time.
04:49 Ghar wapsi was on the cards.
04:51 It has just started now.
04:53 More people are going to come.
04:54 More leaders are going to come.
04:55 Not only ghar wapsi, people from Congress have also shown interest in coming to BJP.
04:59 There will be a big political change in Karnataka.
05:02 Former Karnataka CM Basavraj Bommai said.
05:05 Mahesh Tenginkai, who defeated Shetter in the Hubali-Dharwar central constituency said,
05:11 we welcome the decision taken by the central leadership of the BJP.
05:15 Shetter joined the party in the presence of former Karnataka Chief Minister BSK Vyurpa,
05:19 Union Ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra
05:25 and its media head Anil Baluni.
05:28 He also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the National Capital.
05:31 Shetter left the BJP after he was denied a ticket to contest the Assembly polls last year.
05:35 He is now in the process of getting his visa.
05:44 (dramatic music)