Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi wants BJP to hang leaders who denied tickets to seniors, for loss in Karnataka Assembly elections

Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi says that some BJP leaders denied tickets to senior leaders and replaced them with new faces. “That was the real reason for our defeat. If that had not happened, BJP would have won 130 seats and formed the government. I do not know who came up with the idea of denying tickets to senior leaders and MLAs. Whoever they are, they should be hanged or dismembered,” he said.

A statement by Ramesh Jigajinagi, MP from Vijayapura, implying that some of BJP leaders were responsible for the party’s debacle in the Karnataka Assembly elections, has created a controversy.

The six-time MP, who has also served as a minister in the Karnataka government thrice, said that negative actions by some leaders was responsible for the defeat of the BJP.

Speaking to journalists in Vijayapura on June 13, the senior Dalit leader claimed that some leaders in the BJP were responsible for its defeat in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections. Some BJP leaders denied tickets to senior leaders and replaced them with new faces.

“That was the real reason for our defeat. Over 70 seniors were denied tickets. If that had not happened, BJP would have won 130 seats and formed the government.

“I do not know who came up with the idea of denying tickets to senior leaders and MLAs. Whoever they are, they should be hanged or dismembered,” he said.

He attributed the success of the Congress to the five guarantees and the exit of senior leaders, like Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, from the BJP.

He is, however, confident that the BJP would be re-elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.