Ramesh Jarkiholi, a former minister in the Basavaraj Bommai government and BJP’s legislator from Gokak, has been hogging headlines — for all the wrong reasons.
Two of Jarkiholi’s back-to-back statements have embarrassed the BJP, which quickly distanced itself from the leader.
The first statement came on January 22, when Jarkiholi claimed that the BJP will pay Rs 6,000 per vote in the upcoming assembly polls as he vowed to defeat his…