Ex-CM Shettar becomes 2nd senior BJP leader to join Congress

Jagadish Shettar is the second powerful Lingayat figure in to ditch BJP for Congress in Karnataka within a week.

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Karnataka Assembly Polls: Snub for Siddaramaiah as Cong skips Kolar in 2nd list

Party is reluctant to give a second seat to the 75-year-old Congress posterboy in Karnataka, who has declared that this will be his last assembly election. Congress has already declared his candidature from Varuna seat in Mysore, which is currently held by his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah.

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