Former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar returned to BJP on Thursday, boosting the party’s efforts to consolidate Lingayats, its mainstay in the state, ahead of Lok Sabha polls. His “ghar wapsi” took place at the BJP headquarters in the presence of party veteran B S Yediyurappa, state president B Y Vijayendra, Union minister Bhupender Yadav and party’s chief spokesperson Anil Baluniz
