Jayaprakash Hegde says he will file nomination papers as an independent
‘Where is the need for giving ticket to Pratapchandra Shetty when he has not applied?’
The former Minister and Congress leader K. Jayaprakash Hegde on Saturday said that he would file his nomination papers as an independent candidate in the (Udupi and Dakshina Kannada) Local Authorities Constituency for the State Legislative Council elections, on December 7.
Mr. Hegde told The Hindu that he had learnt through the media that the Congress had decided to give ticket to MLC Pratapchandra Shetty. This has been done, though Mr. Shetty had written to gram panchayat members stating that he would not contest the forthcoming elections, he said.
“What is the necessity to give ticket to Mr. Shetty, when he had not applied for it? As many as 10 Congress leaders, including myself, from Udupi district had applied for the ticket. I am not saying that the party should give ticket to me. It could have given it to any one of the nine aspirants,” he said.
Mr. Hegde said that the party should give ticket to any leader who had worked for the party and would play an active role in the Legislative Council. Mr. Shetty had not worked for the party in the last three elections and also the recently concluded gram panchayat elections.
The senior party leaders had not even discussed the matter of giving ticket to Mr. Shetty with the party aspirants. “I will file my nomination papers in Mangaluru on Monday,” he said.
Asked if his filing the nomination papers would amount to anti-party activity, Mr. Hegde said: “Let us see what happens.”
Second instance
Mr. Hegde is the second Congress leader from Udupi district to announce that he would file his nomination papers. Another Congress leader B. Bhujanga Shetty had on December 4 announced that he would file his nomination papers on December 7. He too had given the same reasons (as Mr. Hegde’s) for his decision.
High profile leader
Unlike Mr. Bhujanga Shetty, Mr. Hegde is a high profile leader in the district. He began his political career with the undivided Janata Dal. He was Minister for Ports and Fisheries in the H.D. Deve Gowda and J.H. Patel governments from 1994 to 1999.
After the Janata Dal spilt, he contested and won twice as an Independent MLA from Brahmavar Assembly Constituency in 1999 and 2004. He then joined the Congress and was Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP from 2012 to 2014.
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