SHIVAMOGGA : Ayanur Manjunath from the Shivamogga on Wednesday, April 19, announced that he will resign as an MLC and also from primary membership of the party.
Manjunath was a ticket aspirant from Shivamogga city, currently represented by former minister K.S. Eshwarappa. The BJP has not yet released tickets for the district where Bajrang Dal activist Harsha was brutally murdered along with a number of other upsetting violent occurrences.
source said, the party's confirmation that he won't be running for office in Shivamogga preceded his declaration. "I've made the decision to leave my post as MLC. I'm going to Hubballi today to give the speaker my resignation. "I will also submit my resignation from the BJP party's primary membership. Tomorrow (Thursday), I will file my nomination for the Shivamogga constituency. By midday, I'll say which party I'm running from," Ayanur Manjunath said.
"I'm leaving the BJP,' I said. A ticket denial has not caused me to leave the celebration. I made this choice in order to aid in the development of the city. I will be questioned extensively during the elections. I am the only one who has made a statement in B.S. Yediyurappa's defence, he claimed.
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