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Bjp: BJP MLC joins JD(S), is 10th legislator to quit the party | India News

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SHIVAMOGGA/HUBBALLI/ BENGALURU: In another jolt for BJP, Ayanur Manjunath, a sitting MLC who is a prominent Lingayat face, severed his three-decade-long association with the saffron party and joined JD(S) on Wednesday. With this, 10 sitting legislators – three MLAs and seven MLCs – have severed their links with BJP in the last few days.
Manjunath will contest from Shivamogga assembly seat on a JD(S) ticket. Manjunath, a critic of sitting Shivamogga MLA KS Eshwarappa, had urged BJP to give him the ticket and had threatened to contest as an independent if the party fielded Eshwarappa. BJP has given the ticket to Shivamogga city corporator Channabasappa, a confidant of Eshwarappa.


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