Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The political equations in Karnataka have turned the wrong way up this election with the JDS becoming a member of arms with the BJP in opposition to the ruling Congress. The BJP is contesting on 25 seats whereas the JDS on three seats. Among these three seats are Hassan. The longstanding political rivalry spanning 4 many years between two influential households takes centre stage as soon as extra within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. This time, the highlight falls on Hassan, traditionally vital as the previous capital of the Hoysala kingdom, the place third-generation members from each households vie for electoral victory.
Hassan’s Political Background
Hassan lies partly within the ‘Malnad’ tract and within the southern plains. It gave the nation its first Kannadiga Prime Minister – H D Deve Gowda. During the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, HD Deve Gowda, the previous Prime Minister, and G Puttaswamy Gowda, a former minister, held sway over district politics. Deve Gowda, a distinguished chief of the Janata Party and subsequently Janta Dal, now represents the JDS. Meanwhile, Gowda was a notable determine inside the native Congress. Both commanded assist from the Vokkaligas, Karnataka’s second-largest group. Their political rivalry initially centred on the meeting seat of Holenarasipur earlier than increasing to contest the Hassan Lok Sabha seat.
Fight Between Gowda Scions
Fast ahead to 2024, and the grandsons of those political stalwarts are making their presence felt. Prajwal Revanna (33), the incumbent MP and grandson of the previous Prime Minister, is working because the NDA candidate, whereas Shreyas Patel (31), the grandson of Gowda, is the nominee for the Congress occasion.
Historical Background
In 1985, Puttaswamy Gowda, denied the Congress ticket from the Holenarasipura meeting section, contested as an unbiased candidate in opposition to Deve Gowda of the erstwhile Janata Party, however confronted defeat. However, because the Congress candidate, he emerged victorious in opposition to Deve Gowda within the 1989 Assembly election and in addition within the 1999 Lok Sabha election from Hassan. Puttaswamy Gowda additionally skilled defeat in opposition to Deve Gowda’s son and former Minister H D Revanna, a six-time MLA from Holenarasipura, within the 1994 and 2004 Assembly polls. Furthermore, his daughter-in-law, S G Anupama, unsuccessfully contested in opposition to Revanna within the 2008 and 2013 Assembly polls. Last yr, Shreyas Patel additionally contested in opposition to Revanna in Holenarasipura within the meeting polls on a Congress ticket however misplaced by 3,152 votes.
