Sachin Pilot Out, Ex BJP Veteran In: Congress’ Karnataka Star Campaigners

Two high-profile names had been the highlights of the Congress` big name campaigners’ listing for the imminent meeting polls in Karnataka, one for making it and the opposite for being dropped off it. While former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who lately joined the Congress after a fallout with the BJP, turned into at the listing, the call of Sachin Pilot, who has been making headlines for his now no longer-so-mystery feud with Ashok Gehlot, turned into nowhere to be seen.

Ashok Gehlot, together with different Congress Chief Ministers – Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) and Sukhwinder Singh Sukkhu (Himachal Pradesh) turned into part of the celebration’s forty big name campaigners.

Mr Shettar turned into a part of the Jan Sangh and BJP for numerous a long time earlier than severing his ties with the celebration after being dropped as a candidate for the May 10 election. He joined the Congress on Monday.

Sachin Pilot, who turned into at the listing of big name campaigners for the 2018 Karnataka polls, does now no longer parent at the listing this time. The 45-year-antique turned into one of the big name campaigners for the lately-concluded Assam polls.

The improvement comes near at the heels of Mr Pilot staging a protest in opposition to his very own authorities withinside the state. He has alleged the Ashok Gehlot authorities did not probe the corruption instances throughout the BJP regime.

Shashi Tharoor, who overlooked out at the Congress’ Gujarat listing earlier than making a return because the celebration’s big name campaigner in Nagaland, has been protected withinside the Karnataka listing.

The listing additionally functions the constants – Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former celebration leader Sonia Gandhi, senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra amongst others.

Karnataka Congress heavyweights, consisting of Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar, Veerappa Moily, MB Patil, and Satish Jarkiholi might additionally be campaigning for the celebration.

Ramalinga Reddy, DK Suresh, GC Chandrashekhar, Syed Naseer Hussain, Zameer Ahmed Khan, HM Revanna, Umashree, Revanth Reddy, Ramesh Chennithala, Srinivas BV, Raj Babbar, Mohammed Azharuddin, Divya Spandana, Imran Pratapgarhi, Kanhaiya Kumar, Rupa Shashidhar and Sadhukokila also are at the listing.

The meeting polls might be hung on May 10 and the outcomes might be introduced on May thirteen in Karnataka, wherein the Congress is searching for to oust the BJP from power.