hubballi change of guard in the state has worried ticket aspirants for hubballidharwad municipal corporation pollsover the years in hubballidharwad there were only two main leaders union minister pralhad joshi and former chief minister jagadish shettar who were the decision makers now with basavaraj bommai at the helm political equations have changednow new minister shankar patil munenakoppa a confidant of the cm will play a major role besides hubballidharwad mahanagara jilla bjp president arvind bellad and bjp state general secretary mahesh tenginkai shettar and joshi will also have a say in ticket distributionan aspirant from central constituency said for us former cm jagadish shettars word is final however since shankar patil munenakoppa is a minister from a rural district his opinion might be considered by the party hence we went to him and mahesh tenginakai and arvind bellad and requested him to give us ticketsmahesh tenginkai said many aspirants for the hdmc elections have approached me for a ticket after hearing them i tell them that the core committee consisting of jagadish shettar pralhad joshi and others will take a call on finalising candidates i normally avoid meeting workers and aspirants personally at home and ask them to meet me in the office he addedalong with aspirants active participation in party activities recommendation from district ministers statelevel party leaders rss senior office bearers and local leaders matters in getting a ticket said an aspirantminister shankar patil munenakoppa said many have approached us for tickets the district core committee of the party will take a call on this after discussing with senior leaders including jagadish shettar and pralhad joshibesides aspirants are also seeking help of celebrities and social organisations to get a ticket by sponsoring breakfastlunch at social gatheringsdr abhay matkar former president indian medical association hubballi said a doctor has sought imas help to get a ticket from a party however we are checking his contributionamrut ijari convener mahadayi kalasa banduri horata samanvaya samiti said many aspirants are seeking our help to get a ticket from political parties particularly those who joined us in kalasabanduri agitation as a matter of courtesy we are putting a word before their leaders but we will not interfere or pressurise any party he added