Anantkumar Hegde Dropped: Was He a Millstone Around the BJP's Neck in Karnataka?

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Anantkumar Hegde Dropped: Was He a Millstone Around the BJP's Neck in Karnataka?

"The election baton has been passed on from a rabble-rouser Hegde to another Hegde, who is a gentleman." This is the talk within political circles after five-term sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anantkumar Hegde was dropped and the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat ticket was given to former Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri.The BJP central leadership's decision to deny Hegde the ticket to the constituency he ha…