Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Baburao Chinchansur joined Congress on Wednesday in presence of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) DK Shivakumar. The development came after Chinchansur submitted his resignation to Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti on March 20. Baburao Chinchansur joins Congress will contest in Gurmitkal constituency.
Who hails from the Koli community, is join the Congress on March 22Baburao Chinchansur’s resignation came days after sitting MLC Puttanna resigned from BJP and joined Congress on March 9. Puttanna’s resignation from the primary membership of the saffron party was seen as a massive setback for the BJP as the party is again eying to rule the state.
Mr. Chinchansur, who joined the BJP in 2018 to defeat Congress leader M. Mallikarjun Kharge in the last Parliamentary elections, has suddenly exited the party, although he had declared that he will remain in the BJP to defeat Congress MLA Priyank Kharge in the next Assembly election in Chittapur constituency.
Mr. Chinchansur was elected three times from Chittapur constituency in 1989, 1994 and 1999 on Congress ticket. He later moved to Gurmitkal constituency after Chittapur was reserved for Scheduled Castes and won two times from Gurmitkal in 2008 and 2013. But, in 2018, he faced defeat against Nagangouda Kandkur of the Janata Dal(S) by a margin of 24,480 votes.
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He then joined the BJP in 2018. The party made him MLC as well as chairman of Nijasharana Ambigara Chowdaiah Development Corporation.
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