<p class="title">Dissatisfaction among Congress and BJP ticket aspirants and their followers for not getting tickets to contest the Assembly polls on May 12 in Karnataka, marked the day on Tuesday. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Davanagere</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of MLA H P Rajesh who was denied the Jagalur ticket staged a protest at the Jayadeva Circle in Davanagere on Tuesday. Thousands of supporters who arrived from Jagalur, burnt tires at the Gandhi Circle to vent their anger. They staged a dharna in front of district in-charge minister S S Mallikarjun's house. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Bagalkot</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of industrialist Sangamesh Niranige on Tuesday, staged a protest in Jamakandi, Bagalkot demanding that the BJP ticket be given to their leader. Sangamesh is former minister Murugesh Nirani's brother. He was an aspirant for the Jamakandi ticket. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Dramatic events occurred when one protester tried to commit suicide by jumping off a multi-storied building while another poured kerosene on himself and tried to self-immolate. Both were stopped from committing suicide by others. Thousands had gathered at the Desai Circle in the town to witness this drama. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP Jamakandi ticket has been given to former MLA Srikanth Kulkarni. The Congress Jamakandi ticket has been given to Pushpa Lakshmana Swamy. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Raichur</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">In the Maski Assembly constituency, Mahadevappa Gowda Patil's supporters staged a protest because he was not given the BJP ticket. The protest was held at Maski town. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Ballari </strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">In Kudlagi, Congress workers burnt tires at the Madakari circle protesting against the giving of the party ticket to Gujjal Raghu. </p>
<p class="title">Dissatisfaction among Congress and BJP ticket aspirants and their followers for not getting tickets to contest the Assembly polls on May 12 in Karnataka, marked the day on Tuesday. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Davanagere</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of MLA H P Rajesh who was denied the Jagalur ticket staged a protest at the Jayadeva Circle in Davanagere on Tuesday. Thousands of supporters who arrived from Jagalur, burnt tires at the Gandhi Circle to vent their anger. They staged a dharna in front of district in-charge minister S S Mallikarjun's house. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Bagalkot</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of industrialist Sangamesh Niranige on Tuesday, staged a protest in Jamakandi, Bagalkot demanding that the BJP ticket be given to their leader. Sangamesh is former minister Murugesh Nirani's brother. He was an aspirant for the Jamakandi ticket. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Dramatic events occurred when one protester tried to commit suicide by jumping off a multi-storied building while another poured kerosene on himself and tried to self-immolate. Both were stopped from committing suicide by others. Thousands had gathered at the Desai Circle in the town to witness this drama. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP Jamakandi ticket has been given to former MLA Srikanth Kulkarni. The Congress Jamakandi ticket has been given to Pushpa Lakshmana Swamy. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Raichur</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">In the Maski Assembly constituency, Mahadevappa Gowda Patil's supporters staged a protest because he was not given the BJP ticket. The protest was held at Maski town. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Ballari </strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">In Kudlagi, Congress workers burnt tires at the Madakari circle protesting against the giving of the party ticket to Gujjal Raghu. </p>
