In 2008, following the BJP victory in
Karnataka assembly elections, Shettar was unanimously elected as the
Speaker of the Karnataka legislative assembly. However, he resigned from this post in 2009 and was inducted into the cabinet of
B.S. Yeddyurappa as Minister for Rural development and Panchayat Raj. In July 2012, several BJP MLAs owing allegiance to B.S. Yeddyurappa called for the replacement of D.V. Sadananda Gowda with Shettar. After much turmoil, the BJP High Command agreed to make him the Chief minister. He was sworn in on 12 July 2012.
2013 Assembly elections Ahead of assembly polls which were held in May 2013, BJP declared Shettar as its Chief Ministerial candidate for
Karnataka state. Shettar resigned as Chief Minister as BJP failed to retain its power. He submitted his resignation to the Governor of Karnataka on 8 May 2013. BJP suffered a big loss in the May 2013 assembly elections as the Congress wrested Karnataka.
Post elections Jagdish Shettar was elected as the leader of BJP's legislative party and Leader of opposition in
Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Resignation from BJP He announced his resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party and also as the
Member of Legislative Assembly after he was denied a ticket for the
upcoming assembly election on 16 April 2023. Shettar joined the
Indian National Congress thereafter, in the presence of INC leaders
Mallikarjun Kharge and
Siddaramaiah, and assured that he would be contesting the elections in
Hubli-Dharwad Central from the Congress Party.
2023 elections In the
2023 Karnataka Legislative elections, he contested from the Congress and lost the election against BJP's
Mahesh Tenginakai by a margin of 35,000 votes. He had represented the
Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency for over 3 decades which he lost by a vast margin.
Return to BJP He returned to
Bharatiya Janata Party on 25 January 2024 after spending 9 months in Congress. ==See also==