An order in this regard was issued by BJ's disciplinary committee following Eshwarappa's decision not to withdraw his nomination from the high-profile Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency, where BJP's BY Raghavendra, son of former chief minister BS, is also contesting. Yediyurappa.

Reacting to the development, Eshwarappa said, "I will return to BJP after winning the elections. The father-son duo has been spreading lies since the beginning. Yediyurappa had claimed that I will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event in Shivamogga. Later he claimed that I would not file the nomination, but I went ahead.

Geeta Shivarajkumar, daughter of late former Chief Minister S Bangarappa, is contesting from Shivamogga on a Congress ticket this time. She is the sister of state education minister Madhu Bangarappa, while her husband is Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar.