Confident my son will get ticket for Haveri constituency: K S Eshwarappa

Former deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa stated that BJP parliamentary board member BS Yediyurappa had promised that he would get the ticket for the former's son KE Kantesh and work for his victory in Lok Sabha polls to Haveri.

Shivamogga: Former Karnataka deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa stated that BJP parliamentary board member B S Yediyurappa had promised that he would give the ticket for the former's son K E Kantesh and work for his victory in Lok Sabha polls to Haveri.

"So I had sent my son Kantesh there to campaign," said Eshwarappa.

Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, Eshwarappa said he is still confident of getting the ticket for his son for Haveri seat.

He also made it clear that if his son does not get a ticket, a meeting of supporters has been conevened in Shivamogga on March 15 where a decision would be taken. He asserted, "If the situation demands, I will contest Lok Sabha polls from Shivamogga as an independent candidate."

He said that many mistakes had been committed during the assembly polls, and so we lost the polls. He added, "The political future of the party is there behind issuing ticket to Kantesh. There is a need to rectify them to win Lok Sabha polls."

He then said he has no intention of becoming MP. "But his well-wishers and leaders of backward classes are calling him and asking him to take suitable steps," Eshwarappa claimed.