BJP chooses Annasaheb Jolle over Ramesh Katti for Chikkodi

The final list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday threw up a surprise in Annasaheb Jolle, businessman and husband of Shashikala Jolle, MLA, being chosen for Chikkodi seat over Ramesh Katti, who unsuccessfully contested the previous polls.
Two political families were aspiring to get BJP ticket in this constituency, and the party preferred the Jolle family. This has upset Mr. Ramesh Katti’s brother Umesh Katti, who is a party MLA and former Minister.
Sources in the BJP said the party did not stick with its stand against dynastic politics in this seat as the options were limited. According to them, the party went by the “image and popularity” here.

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