Mangalore: Nagaraj Shetty returns to BJP

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Mar 29: Nagaraj Shetty, who had quit BJP and joined JD(S), is back in his former party.

Shetty resigned from JD(S) at the end of last week following a tussle between the party leaders over the suspension of two of their local leaders and other issues.

After quitting from JD(S) he had expressed his desire to go back to BJP.

At the same time, speaking to media persons, he said that he was returning to his 'parent' party due to pressure from some quarters.

Accordingly, on Friday March 29, he will be joining the party officially during the BJP convention to be held at Nehru Maidan at 4 pm.

Shetty, a product of the Sangh parivar, had worked as the president of Campco, in which capacity his leadership qualities shone brightly. In 2004, he succeeded in breaking the monopoly of the Congress over Bantwal constituency, and got elected as MLA by defeating former minister, B Ramanath Rai. He became minister in the JDS-BJP coalition government in the state in 2006. In 2008, he was defeated in the election. He quit BJP in June 2011 stating that he was fed up with groupism and internal rivalry in the party, and joined JD(S) later in September, stating that he wanted to see Kumaraswamy become the CM.