VARUNA: It’s a battle royale in Varuna constituency in Mysuru district the place the BJP with all its would possibly has determined to take Congress strongman Siddaramaiah head on in his house turf within the May 10 Assembly election. The ruling social gathering has fielded Housing Minister V Somanna towards the previous Chief Minister, who’s preventing his final election, on this section, the place his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah received the earlier polls in 2018.
As 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 towards BJP’s B Sriramulu.
“We have fielded Somanna as our candidate from Varuna. You (people) make him MLA and send him to the Assembly. I’m telling you that BJP will make him a big personality…,” mentioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who addressed an election rally a number 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.
According to Somanna, a five-time MLA, he was not prepared to contest election this time and needed 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 asked 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 have given many good programmes. I have done a lot of work here for the people. This is my last election and after this, I am going to retire from active politics,” mentioned. The electioneering in Varuna has change into ‘star-studded’.
Kannada actors Shivaraj Kumar and B R Vijay Kumar, popularly referred to 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 not seen a poll battle like this before”.
