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Congress opposes to field CM Siddaramaiah from Chamundeshwari

09:25 AM Apr 11, 2018 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is making a decent attempt to persuade Congress authority to enable him to challenge from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru area in spite of the high command’s hesitance. 

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Siddaramaiah, who is eager to place is son Dr. Yathindra from Varuna constituency in Mysuru, feels his challenging from the neighboring Chamundeshwari seat will help in effectively propelling the political vocation of his son. 

However, the party leaders don’t share Siddaramaiah’s perspectives and they fear that the Opposition, for the most part the BJP and the JD(S), may go into an unsaid comprehension and field a solid competitor in Chamundeshwari constituency with generous Vokkaliga and Lingayat voters. In such a situation, the Chief Minister will be tied down to the constituency and not have the capacity to crusade in different parts of the state. 

The party is depending on Siddaramaiah’s prevalence and needs him to battle widely in the state ahead of the May 12 elections. A recommendation has been made to him to challenge for Badami constituency in Bagalkot area as the area has an expansive number of voters from the Kuruba people group, to which Siddaramaiah has a place. 

Nonetheless, the Chief Minister is learnt to have told the leaders that it would send a wrong message among voters that the ”CM is fleeing from the home locale dreading rout.” He additionally made it clear that he was excited about challenging from Chamundeshwari as he needs his son to win in Varuna. 

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Political greenhorn Yathindra may require full help of his dad as the BJP is toying with handling party state unit president B S Yeddyurappa’s elder son B S Vijayendra from Varuna. 

Siddaramaiah likewise educated leaders regarding S M Krishna scene during 2004 Assembly decisions, when the former Chief Minister moved from his conventional Maddur supporters in Mandya region to Chamarajpet in Bengaluru thinking of it as a sheltered seat and, how he was defeated and the Congress at long last lost power. 

The party leaders, have now chosen to leave the choice on challenging from Chamundeshwari to Siddaramaiah.

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