<p>Ripples were created within the BJP with former MP Jayaprakash Hegde, a BJP ticket aspirant from Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, emerged from the shadows to take centre stage at a meeting with BJP leaders in the city.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The meeting was held at City Municipal Council president K M Shilpa Rajashekhar's residence on Friday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The 90-minute meeting was attended by BJP leaders and representatives from CMC, zilla panchayat and taluk panchayat," sources told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A leader present in the meeting quoted other leaders and said that the party should consider the opinion of the public and elected representatives from the party while issuing a ticket to the candidates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Jayaprakash Hegde is a deserving candidate and has a clean image as a politician," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Leaders appreciated Hegde and said that he is making honest attempts to get the ticket. He is also collecting views from the public in this regard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Leaders Devaraj Shetty, Shilpa Rajashekhar, T Rajashekhar, H D Thammaiah, B G Somashekharappa, Mutthaiah and Pushparaj were present.</p>
<p>Ripples were created within the BJP with former MP Jayaprakash Hegde, a BJP ticket aspirant from Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, emerged from the shadows to take centre stage at a meeting with BJP leaders in the city.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The meeting was held at City Municipal Council president K M Shilpa Rajashekhar's residence on Friday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The 90-minute meeting was attended by BJP leaders and representatives from CMC, zilla panchayat and taluk panchayat," sources told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A leader present in the meeting quoted other leaders and said that the party should consider the opinion of the public and elected representatives from the party while issuing a ticket to the candidates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Jayaprakash Hegde is a deserving candidate and has a clean image as a politician," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Leaders appreciated Hegde and said that he is making honest attempts to get the ticket. He is also collecting views from the public in this regard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Leaders Devaraj Shetty, Shilpa Rajashekhar, T Rajashekhar, H D Thammaiah, B G Somashekharappa, Mutthaiah and Pushparaj were present.</p>