KS Eshwarappa Resigns: Shivamogga 19 members including mayor, deputy mayor resigns

BJP senior leader and Karnataka former chief Minister KS Eshwarappa has announced his political retirement. Activists and supporters have expressed their outrage over Eshwarappa’s withdrawal from the election. KS Eshwarappa Resigns: Shivamogga 19 members including mayor, deputy mayor resigns.

Shivamogga Corporation BJP members have tendered mass resignation from various responsibilities of the party. 19 members including mayor, deputy mayor have submitted resignation letter to Shivamogga city BJP president. And decided to go to Bengaluru and meet Yeddyurappa.

Workers and Eshwarappa fans staged a protest in front of Shivamogga BJP district office. Fans requested to give seat to . Eshwarappa’s son Kantesh. Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa yesterday said he would not contest the May 10 Karnataka election, adding to the intense speculation about the party delaying the announcement of candidates.

“I am withdrawing from electoral politics,” Mr Eshwarappa said in a letter to BJP president JP Nadda. “The party gave me a lot of responsibilities in the last 40 years. I went from a booth in-charge to state party chief. I also had the honour of becoming Deputy Chief Minister,” he wrote in a brief letter in Kannada. He said the decision was his own.

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This may have been a preemptive move by Mr Eshwarappa, who had hinted last month that he would be dropped as a candidate. Mr Eshwarappa turns 75 this June, hitting the unofficial age bar in the BJP for leaders to contest polls and hold posts. The veteran legislator has often been at the centre of controversies due to his unfiltered statements.

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