Bengaluru: Politicians express their anger over not being allotted a poll ticket in many ways-their supporters burn tyres, break a few chairs at the party office or even threaten to immolate themselves. Some however preferred to shed tears and leave it at that.
It is unusual for politicians who are considered tough, to break down before the public but on Monday, Mr Shashil Namoshi, an unsuccessful Bharatiya Janata Party aspirant for the Kalaburgi North ticket, did exactly that as he could not control himself when reporters asked him for his reaction.
He cried for three or four minutes after which his son took him to another room to pacify him.
In Bidar, Prakash Khandre, who was an aspirant for the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket for Bhalki constituency, also broke down while interacting with his supporters. Later, his supporters set fire to tyres to express their displeasure over the denial of the ticket to him.
In Sagar, BJP leader Belur Gopalkrishna, while addressing his supporters, could not control himself and broke down too.
His supporters allegedly took law into their hands with a passerby, Vinayaka, who is said to be a supporter of BJP candidate Haratalu Halappa, was attacked allegedly by the supporters of Mr Gopalkrishna. Later the victim was admitted to a private hospital.
In Indi, unsuccessful BJP ticket aspirant Ravikanth Patil was all tears when he came face to face with his supporters.
