Eshwarappa, who recently rebelled against the BJP and announced his candidature as an independent candidate for the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat, took on BJP candidate B.Y. Participated in this program with. Raghavendra is the son of former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

Bots Raghavendra and Eshwarappa were seen wearing RSS uniform at the event organized on the premises of Adichunchanagiri School. Despite being close, both of them did not exchange greetings.

Raghavendra, sitting in the middle row, looked happy, while Eshwarappa maintained a serious posture in the last row.

Eshwarappa's dissatisfaction was expressed by his son K.E. Arising from not being given Lok Sabha ticket. Kanthesh from Haveri parliamentary seat. Blaming former CM BS Yediyurappa for the decision, Eshwarappa vowed to contest against Yediyurappa's son Raghavendra from the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat. He appointed B.Y. for the party. A condition was also laid down for its removal. Vijayendra, one of Yediyurappa's sons, was removed from the post of state president.

Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Eshwarappa during his visit to Bengaluru. Eshwarappa had claimed that Amit Shah had requested him to withdraw from the election but the latter refused to meet him. After returning from New Delhi, Eshwarappa said that by refusing to meet him, Amit Shah has given him the green signal to contest the elections as an independent candidate.