Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has also been vociferously defending the party’s decision that led to the exit of the former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and the former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/yediyurappas-shoes-are-not-easy-to-fill-as-communitys-tall-leader/article66767777.ece

The senior most BJP and Lingayat leader from North Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar, quit the saffron party after being denied a ticket from Hubballi Dharwad Central, which he won successively for six times from 1994 as the party’s candidate.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/hubbali-dharwad-central-assembly-election-2023-jagadish-shettar-squares-off-against-mahesh-tenginakai-in-prestige-battle/3081530/