No senior BJP leader tried to convince me or assured me: Jagadish Shettar after joining Congress
Bengaluru: Former BJP leader Jagdish Shetter on Monday said he was ousted from the party through a systematic conspiracy that was hatched against him. He also added that none of senior party leaders tried to convince him or make him stay.
He was addressing a press conference after joining the Congress party, a day after he resigned from Karnataka Assembly and from BJP’s primary membership.
"I thought being a senior leader, I'll get the ticket, but when I came to know that I'm not getting it, I was shocked. No one spoke to me nor tried to convince me, not even gave assurance about what position will I get," said Jagadish Shettar after joining Congress.
"Yesterday I left BJP and today I joined the Congress party. Many are surprised as an opposition leader, former CM, and party president is joining Congress. BJP has given me every position and being a party worker I always worked for the party's growth," said Jagdish Shetter.
He also claimed he was humiliated and there was a systematic conspiracy against him in the ruling party.
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Elderly man dies after part of slab falls on him in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): A 75-year-old man died after some portion of a slab in a two-storey residential structure collapsed on him in Mumbai's Bhandup area on Saturday morning, officials said.
The incident occurred at Tulshipada in Patkar Compound of Bhandup West around 9.45 am, they said.
"The victim, identified as Susai Daevdas Kaunder, was injured when some part of the slab on the upper floor of a two-storey structure fell on him," a civic official said.
He was immediately taken to nearby Navkaar Hospital, where he was declared dead, the official said.
