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| | The Hindu : Karnataka / Hassan News : Leadership crisis plagues BJP in Hassan district |
 | | With the resignation of former MLA A. Dodde Gowda from the primary membership of the BJP, the district unit has lost all the four leaders who joined the party during the previous Assembly elections. |
 | | District leaders of the party, who spoke to The Hindu on condition of anonymity, regretted that though the elections to the taluk and zilla panchayats are fast approaching, the party is not concentrating on strengthening the district unit. |
 | | The party was in a formidable position during the 1999 elections and B.B. Shivappa, K.H. Hanume Gowda, A. Manju and Puttaranganath got elected from the Sakleshpur, Hassan, Arkalgud and Belur constituencies, respectively. |
| www.hindu.com /2005/05/03/stories/2005050308550300.htm (481 words) |
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