Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Former Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda 'upset' with BJP, says won't join Congress

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BJP President, said in response to a question, as quoted by PTI. The former CM, however, backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for another term. "Narendra Modi should become Prime Minister again," Gowda stated.

Gowda, a Lok Sabha MP from Bengaluru from 2004 to 2019, was the Chief Minister of Karnataka from August 2011 to May 2013. He had also served as a Union Minister in the previous PM Modi government. The 71-year-old former Union Minister, who was celebrating his birthday on March 19, expressed his displeasure over being denied the ticket to contest from Bangalore North again and said that “there is nothing left to say that BJP is a party with a difference in Karnataka," as quoted by PTI.

Gowda had earlier announced his decision to retire from electoral politics but later backtracked, saying that there was pressure on him to contest the election again. Meanwhile, BJP's Shobha Karandlaje, who has been shifted from Udupi Chikmagalur to contest from Bangalore North, met Gowda and greeted him on his birthday. “Congress is frustrated and confused without candidates, don't know who all they are contacting.

Sadananda Gowda is a former Chief Minister. He had occupied several important ministries at the Centre. He is our senior leader, Congress will not be successful in this.