Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore, former JD(S) leader Shashiraj Shetty said that JD(S) in Dakshina Kannada fell prey to selfish interests of a section of leaders in its own fold. Several party workers and leaders have already resigned from the party.
A good number of them including M G Hegde will be joining the Congress party at a programme soon in the presence of senior Congress leaders Oscar Fernandes and B Janardhana Poojary, Mr. Shetty informed.
In order to strengthen JD(S) in Dakshina Kannada district, H D Kumaraswamy had paid frequent visits to Mangalore and inducted several leaders into the party. But the district leadership's move of expelling D M Aslam and himself from the party, drew the ire of several party workers and leaders and ultimately resulted in a mass resignation scenario.
Those at the helm at district JD(S) are not concerned over these mass resignations and are blackmailing H D Deve Gowda and Mr. Kumaraswamy of resigning from the party themselves instead, Mr. Shetty alleged.
Mr. Shetty further accused district JD(S) President M B Sadashiva of capitalizing on the election season to mint money.
Party loyalists who worked for more than a decade for the party have been denied election ticket while S P Chengappa, who does not even possess a primary membership of the JD(S), has been fielded as the party's official candidate, Mr. Shetty pointed out.
Rajeev Poojary, Jagadish Padpu, Harry Sequeira, Anil Sequeira, Asif Bengre, Pramod Pinto were present.
Meanwhile in a press release, JD(S) leaders N P Pushparaj and M Kasim have stated that they also would be joining Congress soon along with their supporters.
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