Senior Congress chief Siddaramaiah on Wednesday clarified that he’ll contest the upcoming Karnataka meeting polls from one constituency.
The previous chief minister, who has overtly introduced that he’s keen to contest from Kolar if the celebration management agrees, had in 2018 meeting polls contested from two seats – Chamundeshwari and Badami.
“Have I mentioned I’ll contest from two constituencies? Who mentioned that? I might be contesting from one constituency… I’ve made it very clear, I am contesting from one constituency,” Siddaramaiah mentioned in response to a query by media individuals.
There was intense hypothesis for the previous few days, whether or not the Chief of Opposition within the Karnataka meeting, would contest from two seats this time too, like he did within the earlier meeting election.
The hypothesis had gained momentum following the incident the place a purported “divine want” for Siddaramaiah to contest from two seats was supposedly expressed by a priest, who is claimed to have been possessed by Congress chief’s household deity, throughout his MLA son Yathindra’s temple go to to a temple in Mandya district lately.
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Stating that the propaganda about him trying to find a constituency like a “nomad” was media creation, Siddaramaiah mentioned, “I’ve contested eight instances from Chamundeshwari constituency and twice from neighbouring Varuna, after delimitation, as my native village had gone to Varuna. I once more got here again to Chamundeshwari in 2018 considering that will probably be my final election, however was defeated.”
“As I had contested from Badami too (second seat) in 2018, I gained from there. As Badami is much and will not be capable of meet folks of the constituency day-after-day, I considered contesting from the constituency nearer (to Bengaluru) this time. Individuals of Kolar have invited me, I’ve mentioned I’ll contest if the excessive command agrees,” he added.
Ending all speculations, Siddaramaiah on January 9 introduced that he might be contesting the meeting polls from Kolar constituency, if the celebration agrees.
Additional hitting out on the BJP for its feedback concerning his constituency shift and claims about his on the lookout for a second seat, the Congress legislature celebration chief mentioned, “If a candidate contests from one constituency solely, is she or he a frontrunner? If Narendra Modi contests from two seats he’s an enormous chief, however Siddaramaiah can not contest from two, such perspective should not be there.”
In the meantime, state Congress president D Ok Shivakumar mentioned Siddaramamaiah has clearly said that he’ll contest from one constituency and has submitted one software, and the celebration will resolve.
Concerning the candidates checklist announcement, he mentioned already the method is on to shortlist the possible candidates. On February 2, the state election committee will meet in Bengaluru, Shivakumar added.