Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru(DC)
Bengaluru, Apr 10: Soon after BJP MLA N R Ramesh was denied the BJP ticket from Chickpet, his supporters protested against their own leader R Ashok. N R Ramesh too openly expressed his displeasure over candidate selection in the first list. Now, there are messages doing the rounds on social media like Facebook and WhatsApp that a 'deal' was struck between the Congress and BJP leaders in this regard.
N R Ramesh was expecting a ticket from Chickpet constituency but the party chose businessman Uday Garudachar over him.
In the viral message, it is alleged that R V Devaraj who is a Congress ticket aspirant from the same constituency 'decided' his opponent in the Assembly polls and allegedly paid Rs 2 crore to the BJP so as to score an easy victory.
L to R: N R Ramesh, R V Devaraj, Uday Garudachar
The message further claims that the Congress leader struck a deal by offering Rs 2 crore to union minister Ananth Kumar.
Soon after the message went viral on social media, BJP president B S Yeddyurappa refuted the allegations and said that N R Ramesh does not speak such falsehoods. "I will speak to him and resolve the issue. There is no discontent in the party," he said.
Upset over missing the ticket from the party, N R Ramesh had resigned as the city spokesperson on Monday April 9 and alleged that Chickpet was offered to Uday at the behest of union minister Ananth Kumar.
He publicly made a statement that Ananth Kumar did not respect a genuine party worker like him in the BJP.