Saffron party will meet a crushing defeat in Karnataka by-elections: Siddaramaiah

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October 26, 2018

Shivamogga, Oct 26: BJP which is on the downward spiral in the country due to failure of union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have its immediate effect and the saffron party will meet a crushing defeat in Karnataka by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats to be held on November 3, Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters on his visit to the city for campaigning for Shivamogga LS seat by-poll, he said the bad administration dished out by the Modi government will also result in BJP losing power in 2019 general elections as the financial situation in the country had been badly hit affecting the daily lives of the people due to lop sided policies of the union government.

The Chairman of the Congress-JDS Coordination Committee squarely blamed the Union Government for unprecedented increase in petrol and diesel prices as it had slapped huge tax burden on people.

It had also failed to provide jobs to the youth as per its promise before 2014 leading to rise in unemployment affecting the economy.

BJP had emerged as the largest party in Karnataka during 2018 Assembly elections not due to its popularity but disinformation campaign its leaders had unleashed against Congress which lost power.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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