<p>Water Resources and District In-charge Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that he was prepared to take on Belagavi Rural MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar in a legal tussle.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters at the airport on his way to Mumbai to attend a meeting regarding water released during monsoon and water-sharing agreement talks to meet summer requirements on Wednesday, Jarkiholi said, everyone knows Hebbalkar and how she got elected.</p>.<p>"State is aware of how she got elected in the last assembly election and with whose support," he said.<br /><br />During the inauguration of BJP Belagavi Rural Assembly Constituency office on Tuesday, Jarkiholi said the incumbent MLA was elected with his support when he was associated with the Congress.<br /><br />Statement made on the BJP forum was not against anyone. We shall show our strength during the coming assembly election, he stated.<br /><br />"If Hebbalkar has been saying that I have not helped her in the election, she should take oath before her family deity Veerbhadreshwar and I too am prepared to swear before our family deity in Kolhapur," he said.<br /><br />He reiterated that the pressure cookers distributed by the Congress candidate were funded by him.<br /><br />He also said that Hebbalkar had pleaded him to be made member of Belagavi Urban Development Authority.</p>
<p>Water Resources and District In-charge Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said that he was prepared to take on Belagavi Rural MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar in a legal tussle.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters at the airport on his way to Mumbai to attend a meeting regarding water released during monsoon and water-sharing agreement talks to meet summer requirements on Wednesday, Jarkiholi said, everyone knows Hebbalkar and how she got elected.</p>.<p>"State is aware of how she got elected in the last assembly election and with whose support," he said.<br /><br />During the inauguration of BJP Belagavi Rural Assembly Constituency office on Tuesday, Jarkiholi said the incumbent MLA was elected with his support when he was associated with the Congress.<br /><br />Statement made on the BJP forum was not against anyone. We shall show our strength during the coming assembly election, he stated.<br /><br />"If Hebbalkar has been saying that I have not helped her in the election, she should take oath before her family deity Veerbhadreshwar and I too am prepared to swear before our family deity in Kolhapur," he said.<br /><br />He reiterated that the pressure cookers distributed by the Congress candidate were funded by him.<br /><br />He also said that Hebbalkar had pleaded him to be made member of Belagavi Urban Development Authority.</p>
