New Delhi: Vast expertise in working the federal government and mass attraction throughout the state have favoured Siddaramaiah within the tightly contested race in opposition to DK Shivakumar for Karnataka chief minister. The Congress management threw its weight behind the 75-year-old Siddaramaiah maintaining in view the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the place his clout among the many OBCs, SCs and Muslims would play a key position.
Siddaramaiah additionally brings to the desk the expertise of managing the federal government and competing pursuits of a caste and class-dominated Karnataka, having served as chief minister from 2013 to 2018. The tallest among the many state leaders, his persona and vote-garnering talents couldn’t be ignored by the occasion, which is trying ahead to seize as many seats within the subsequent Lok Sabha polls, a senior chief stated.
He additionally enjoys the assist of a majority of Congress MLAs, who had voted for him and pitched him because the chief ministerial candidate through the secret poll after the primary Congress Legislature Party meet within the state.
His attraction among the many lots was evident through the ballot campaigning in Karnataka and the identical was additionally seen through the Bharat Jodo Yatra that handed by means of the state from October 1 final yr, when a big part of individuals participated in it after he garnered assist.
Even earlier than the Karnataka elections, there was a broad settlement amongst prime Congress leaders that Siddaramaiah was finest fitted to chief ministership, ought to the occasion get elected.
Siddaramaiah occurs to be the one chief minister moreover Congress occasion’s late Devraj Urz to finish a full five-year time period within the submit.
A nine-term MLA, Siddaramaiah joined the Congress after quitting the JDS in 2006. He went on to occupy vital positions within the Congress.
He stop the JDS in 2006 after organising three ‘AHINDA’ rallies and shaped his new outfit, which bought its identification within the Zilla Panchayat elections. Later following a proposal from the Congress management, he joined it along with his followers in 2006.
AHINDA is a socio-political idea that represents minorities, backward lessons and Dalits.
Soon after becoming a member of the Congress, he resigned from the Chamundeshwari Assembly seat. He went on to efficiently contest the bypoll from the identical seat on a Congress ticket.
Siddaramaiah was appointed as KPCC Publicity Committee Chairman for General Elections-2008 and strived laborious to garner most votes in favour of Congress. He was elected to the rechristened Varuna constituency throughout 2008 polls.
Born on August 12, 1948, at Siddaramana Hundi, a distant village in Varuna Hobli of Mysore District, Siddaraimaiah hails from a poor farming neighborhood.
He was the primary in his household to graduate in Science from Mysuru University and in addition bought his Law diploma from Mysore University and pursued the authorized career for a while.
