After former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar returned to the BJP barely months after joining the ruling Congress, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said he had no clue what made the former change his political stripes again. Dealing a blow to the ruling party in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Shettar, a prominent Lingayat leader, returned to the saffron fold earlier on Thursday.
Don’t know why he returned to BJP: Shivakumar on Shettar exit
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