Udupi : B Janardhan Poojari, senior Congress leader has said that  no sincere Congress men should cheat the party by defecting to some other party if he was denied a ticket.

Speaking to reporters at Rajeeva Bhavan here on April 28, Sunday, Poojari  lashed out at former minister Vasanth Salian for joining the JD(S) after quitting the Congress just because he was denied a ticket. Poojari said the Congress had given several opportunities to Salian who has even won five times.

He also pointed out how he had obeyed the high command when he was earlier refused ticket twice

To a question, Poojari said  Vasanth Salian will be reinducted into the party in case he decides tio rejoin before the election. However there would be no scope for him if he wants to join the party after the elections, Poojari said

Vinaykumar Sorake, Congress candidate from Kaup,  Naveen Shetty, Naveenchandra Shetty and others were present on the occasion.