The Congress celebration in Karnataka proved its mettle within the state as soon as once more by profitable three meeting seats – Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon – in the course of the by-election outcomes on Saturday. This got here as an enormous setback to the BJP-JDS alliance, the Opposition in Karnataka. Two former chief ministers’ sons, Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Bharat Bommai, confronted defeats in Channapatna and Shiggaon. The leaders vacated the three seats to contest the Lok Sabha elections in Might this yr.
The Congress celebration attributed the clear sweep to its assure schemes within the state and improvement programmes. Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar mentioned that the celebration will stay in energy till 2033 in Karnataka and slammed BJP for making false allegations towards its leaders.
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Channapatna
The Vokkaliga heartland, Channapatna in Outdated Mysuru area, was a scorching seat on this by-election as a fierce battle was anticipated between the Congress celebration and the JDS. After dealing with setbacks within the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress celebration needs to regain its recognition on this space, and even JDS took it as a status to win from Channapatna, which was vacated by Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Nonetheless, Congress celebration’s CP Yogeshwara, who joined the grand-old celebration earlier than the election, clinched a victory towards the Gowda scion, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, with over 25,000 votes. That is Nikhil’s third defeat within the electoral floor, and his hopes to make a debut within the meeting went in useless. He misplaced a Lok Sabha byelection and an meeting election up to now. This isn’t only a setback to BJP-JDS but in addition to the political profession of actor-turned-politician who’s the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Devegowda.
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Shiggaon
Former Karnataka CM and senior BJP chief Basavaraj Bommai’s son Bharat Bommai entered into electoral politics on this by-election. Bommai, the favored Lingayat chief within the BJP, vacated the Shiggaon meeting seat, and the BJP gave a ticket to his son Bharat Bommai. The Congress celebration fielded Yasir Ahmed Khan towards Jr. Bommai, and Khan received with greater than 13,000 votes. Shedding an important seat in Kittur Karnataka area is an alarming scenario for the BJP in Karnataka.
Sandur
Senior Congress chief E Tukaram’s spouse, E Annapoorna, received in Sandur with over 9,000 votes towards BJP’s Bangaru Hanumantappa, a Kannada actor. Hanumantappa, a detailed aide to mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, needed to face defeat even after among the celebration’s bigwigs campaigned for him in Sandur.
The Congress celebration attributed the clear sweep to its assure schemes within the state and improvement programmes. Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar mentioned that the celebration will stay in energy till 2033 in Karnataka and slammed BJP for making false allegations towards its leaders.