BJP leader Satyajith Suratkal, who was an aspirant of BJP ticket from Mangaluru North (formerly Suratkal) and who was left out from the list,today said people were putting pressure on him to contest as an independent.
"People are putting pressure on me to contest as an independent," he told his supporters at Hosabettu.
The BJP had decided to field Bharath Shetty from the constituency.
Earlier, former MLA Krishna J Palemar had alleged that the party's Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel was responsible for him being denied the ticket for the seat.
Meanwhile, the party"s candidate Bharath Shetty attended the inauguration of the election committee office for the segment and said he had not lobbied for the ticket.
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