Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (EP)
Bengaluru, Feb 20: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former Bhatkal MLA J D Naik has deserted BJP and joined Congress. He had joined BJP on March 9, 2017. Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa had welcomed him in BJP.
KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao handed over Congress flag to J D Naik in a programme held in the party office and welcomed him to the party. Gundu Rao said that J D Naik had joined BJP for some reasons and now returned to Congress.
J D Naik was elected MLA in Bhatkal-Honnavar constituency by 49,079 votes in 2008. He had secured 21,766 votes and lost the elections in 2013. He was a ticket aspirant in Bhatkal-Honnavar constituency in 2018 Vidhan Sabha elections. But the party had issued a ticket to Sunil Naik who won the elections.