Sharath Bachegowda decided to contest the election as an independent when the party denied him a ticket.
The BJP in Karnataka expelled its Yuva Morcha Secretary Sharath Bachegowda, who is also the son of veteran politician and Chikkaballapura MP BN Bachegowda. The decision to expel Sharath was on expected lines as he had gone against the party line and filed his nomination papers as an independent from the Hoskote segment for the bye-polls on December 5. In the 2018 Assembly elections, Sharath had fought unsuccessfully from the seat on a BJP ticket against incumbent MLA MTB Nagaraj. MTB Nagaraj already known to be the richest politician in the state had switched his allegiance from the Congress to the BJP. Sharath began openly dissenting against the BJP in August this year when Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and his loyalists started lobbying for the disqualified MLAs. With the BJP top brass signalling that it will field MLAs who quit from the Congress and JD(S) in the byepolls as quid pro quo, Sharath made up his mind to contest election without the party's support. Sharath followed his father’s footsteps into politics but in this decision, he has not found the support of the senior Bachegowda, at least publicly. Speaking on the same, the Chikkaballapura MP said, “Now my son is not coming home. We are living separately. My son is educated and intelligent. It is his decision to contest the poll and I will not intervene. I will not solicit votes for my son.” Read: Karnataka rebel MLA MTB Nagaraj’s assets grew by Rs 185 crore in 18 months However, Sharath has received support from the JD(S). Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday announced that the JD(S) would support Sharath in his election campaign if he would accept the party’s help. Senior Bachegowda himself was with the JD(S) but quit the party to join the BJP after a disagreement with former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. The political development in the district has triggered speculation that the father-son duo was trying to wrest power in the region from MTB Nagaraju by playing the “divide and rule game” “This situation is exactly like Mandya during the Lok Sabha polls. Sumalatha wanted a Congress ticket but she contested as an independent. But Congress workers supported her. In Hoskote, Sharath wanted a BJP ticket but the party did not give it to him. He is contesting as an independent and the BJP cadre is supporting him. Although Bachegowda is saying that he won’t support his son, no one is ready to believe it,” a BJP leader had told TNM.
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