Hassan: BJP supporters burnt the party flag after N.R. Santhosh was denied a ticket from Arasikere Assembly constituency.

Santhosh’s supporters tore the flexes of the BJP party and shouted slogans against Yediyurappa and Vijayendra. Activists are angry that G V Basavaraju did not get even 5,000 votes. He has ruined the BJP party in the entire Arsikere constituency. I had grown my beard to let NR Santhosh win. Now they are not given tickets. Ranganath, a supporter of NR Santosh, has expressed his anger that he will shave his beard and send it to the BJP office in Bengaluru so that the BJP will lose tomorrow.

Meanwhile, N.R. Santhosh broke down in tears at a meeting of his supporters after he was denied the BJP ticket from Arsikere constituency. Santhosh, who had been working as a candidate in the constituency for the past three years, held a huge meeting at his Arasikere residence after he was denied a ticket. “For the last three years, I have been organising the party in Arsikere. At the last minute, I lost the ticket. I don’t know why the ticket was missed. But it’s not right from the election. I will file my nomination papers on Monday involving 50,000 people. After that, I would like to tell him whether to contest from another party or contest as an independent,” he said.