<p class="bodytext">Incidents of outrage by Congress and BJP ticket aspirants and their followers for not getting tickets to contest the Assembly polls were reported on Tuesday too. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of MLA H P Rajesh, who was denied the Jagalur ticket (Davangere district) by the Congress, staged a protest at the Jayadeva Circle in Davangere. Thousands of his supporters, who arrived from Jagalur, burnt tyres at the Gandhi Circle. They staged a dharna in front of district in-charge Minister S S Mallikarjun’s house. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of industrialist Sangamesh Nirani staged a protest in Jamakhandi, Bagalkot demanding that the BJP ticket for the Jamakhandi seat be given to their leader. Sangamesh is former minister Murugesh Nirani’s brother.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the protesters tried to commit suicide by jumping off a multi-storey building, while another poured kerosene on himself and tried to set himself on fire. Both were stopped from committing suicide by fellow party workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP ticket for the Jamakhandi constituency has been given to former MLA Srikanth Kulkarni. The Congress is fielding Pushpa Lakshmana Swamy from the seat. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the Maski constituency (Raichur), Mahadevappa Gouda Patil’s supporters staged a protest, because he was not given the BJP ticket. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In Kudligi (Ballari district), Congress workers burnt tyres at the Madakari Circle protesting against the party ticket being given to Gujjal Raghu. </p>
<p class="bodytext">Incidents of outrage by Congress and BJP ticket aspirants and their followers for not getting tickets to contest the Assembly polls were reported on Tuesday too. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of MLA H P Rajesh, who was denied the Jagalur ticket (Davangere district) by the Congress, staged a protest at the Jayadeva Circle in Davangere. Thousands of his supporters, who arrived from Jagalur, burnt tyres at the Gandhi Circle. They staged a dharna in front of district in-charge Minister S S Mallikarjun’s house. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Followers of industrialist Sangamesh Nirani staged a protest in Jamakhandi, Bagalkot demanding that the BJP ticket for the Jamakhandi seat be given to their leader. Sangamesh is former minister Murugesh Nirani’s brother.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One of the protesters tried to commit suicide by jumping off a multi-storey building, while another poured kerosene on himself and tried to set himself on fire. Both were stopped from committing suicide by fellow party workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP ticket for the Jamakhandi constituency has been given to former MLA Srikanth Kulkarni. The Congress is fielding Pushpa Lakshmana Swamy from the seat. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the Maski constituency (Raichur), Mahadevappa Gouda Patil’s supporters staged a protest, because he was not given the BJP ticket. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In Kudligi (Ballari district), Congress workers burnt tyres at the Madakari Circle protesting against the party ticket being given to Gujjal Raghu. </p>