VARUNA: It is a battle royale in Varuna constituency in Mysuru district the place the BJP with all its may has determined to take Congress strongman Siddaramaiah head on in his house turf within the Could 10 Meeting election. The ruling occasion has fielded Housing Minister V Somanna in opposition to the previous Chief Minister, who’s combating his final election, on this phase, the place his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah received the earlier polls in 2018.
Because the then Chief Minister, he contested from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru district from the place he had been an MLA 5 instances however had misplaced twice there, and Badami in Bagalkote district. Siddaramaiah misplaced to JD(S) candidate G T Deve Gowda in Chamundeshwari however received from Badami with a margin of 1,696 votes in opposition to BJP’s B Sriramulu.
“We have now fielded Somanna as our candidate from Varuna. You (folks) make him MLA and ship him to the Meeting. I am telling you that BJP will make him an enormous character…,” mentioned Union House Minister Amit Shah, who addressed an election rally a couple of days in the past. The Sangh Parivar has put all its vitality behind the 72-year-old Somanna, who had been an MLA from Govindaraj Nagar in Bengaluru, from the place he has been moved out for the primary time.
In response to Somanna, a five-time MLA, he was not prepared to contest election this time and wished to retire however the BJP prime management requested him to struggle from Varuna and Chamarajanagar segments and he couldn’t say no to them. “What else can I say when the Prime Minister requested me to contest from Varuna? I agreed to it,” Somanna mentioned.
The 75-year-old Siddaramaiah, an eight time MLA, is upbeat about his electoral prospects. “As Chief Minister I’ve given many good programmes. I’ve executed a whole lot of work right here for the folks. That is my final election and after this, I’m going to retire from lively politics,” mentioned. The electioneering in Varuna has grow to be ‘star-studded’.
Kannada actors Shivaraj Kumar and B R Vijay Kumar, popularly often known as Duniya Vijay, campaigned for Somanna, whereas Sommanna introduced in famend actor Sudeep Sanjeev, fondly known as as Kichcha Sudeep, so as to add star enchantment. The electoral struggle is so fierce right here that many citizens say: “We have now not seen a ballot battle like this earlier than”.
