{"id":310424,"date":"2023-04-17T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/17\/watch-leader-who-switched-to-congress-gets-huge-welcome-wife-in-tears\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T12:43:00","slug":"watch-leader-who-switched-to-congress-gets-huge-welcome-wife-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/17\/watch-leader-who-switched-to-congress-gets-huge-welcome-wife-in-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Leader Who Switched To Congress Gets Huge Welcome, Wife In Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/s9jkl5jk_shettar-wife-crying-1200_625x300_17_April_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Watch: Leader Who Switched To Congress Gets Huge Welcome, Wife In Tears\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Watch: Leader Who Switched To Congress Gets Huge Welcome, Wife In Tears\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Watch: Leader Who Switched To Congress Gets Huge Welcome, Wife In Tears\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/s9jkl5jk_shettar-wife-crying-1200_625x300_17_April_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-17T18:13:34+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=694375&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/17042023_n_JagadishWife_215733_759238_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T2M25S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/s9jkl5jk_shettar-wife-crying-1200_625x300_17_April_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=694375&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Jagadish Shettar&#8217;s wife Shilpa was seen weeping in his arms as supporters cheered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hours after former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined the Congress today, he arrived at his constituency to an emotional welcome.<\/p>\n<p>In a video, Jagadish Shettar&#8217;s wife Shilpa was seen weeping in his arms as supporters cheered and raised slogans congratulating him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shettar joined the Congress this morning after the BJP asked him to sit out the May 10 Karnataka election, dropping him as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>After days of sulking and meetings with top BJP leaders, the Lingayat leader decided to switch to the Congress, and was rewarded with a nomination form to contest from his constituency Hubbali-Dharwad.<\/p>\n<p>As he reached his home in Hubbali, Mr Shettar&#8217;s wife broke down. The veteran leader was moved and appeared to console her. Congress workers showered rose petals on him. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shettar flew from Hubballi to Bengaluru in a special chopper last night ahead of his big switch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought being a senior leader, BJP will give me the ticket, but when I came to know that I am not getting it, I was shocked. No one spoke to me nor tried to convince me,&#8221; Mr Shettar told reporters after joining the Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shettar said he was unhappy at the way he was treated by the BJP leadership when he was denied the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was treated badly and forcefully thrown out of the party that I built. I am joining the Congress by accepting its ideology and principles,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shettar has won six elections in the past. He won by over 21,000 votes in the last assembly election in 2018, defeating his Congress rival Mahesh Nalwad.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the Karnataka election will be declared on May 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/watch-leader-who-switched-to-congress-gets-huge-welcome-wife-in-tears-3955693\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Jagadish Shettar&#8217;s wife Shilpa was seen weeping in his arms as supporters cheered. New Delhi: Hours after former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar joined the Congress today, he arrived at his constituency to an emotional welcome. 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