Legislative Council Of Karnataka By-Election: Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who was nominated by the Congress for the by-elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council, has expressed his gratitude to the party high command, including the state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
karnataka assembly elections Jagdish Shettar was in BJP before, but he joined Congress after not getting ticket. He contested from Hubli Dharwad but lost. Apart from Jagadish Shettar, the Congress has also fielded Tippanappa Kamaknoor and NS Boseraju. The Congress had issued a statement in this regard on Monday (June 19).
Jagadish Shettar expressed gratitude towards Congress high command
Jagadish Shettar, who was nominated for the by-election to the Legislative Council, said during a media interaction on Tuesday (June 20), “I have been given the responsibility, I have been nominated as a council member for the Karnataka Legislative Council.” I happily accept it.
#WATCH , I have been given a responsibility as I have been nominated as a council member for the Legislative Council of Karnataka. I happily accept this. I am thankful to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, CM and Dy CM of Karnataka: Congress leader… https://t.co/jBtfkOHgkq pic.twitter.com/MCMdOJ4fzK
— ANI (@ANI) June 20, 2023
Shettar further said, “I am extremely thankful to Congress leaders, high command Sonia Gandhi ji, Rahul Gandhi ji, Priyanka Gandhi ji and our national president Mallikarjun Kharge ji, Congress leader KC Venugopal ji, Randeep Surjewala. I also thank Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
By-elections to be held on 3 seats of the Legislative Council
By-elections are to be held for 3 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council. The by-election will be held on June 30 this month. These seats fell vacant due to the resignation of Baburao Chinchansur, R Shankar and Laxman Savadi. These leaders contested the assembly elections. Out of these, only Laxman Savadi won the election from Athani seat. Members of the Legislative Assembly will participate in this by-election of the Legislative Council to be held at the end of the month.
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