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  • Karnataka election results: Results to decide fate of top leaders

    Karnataka election results: Results to decide fate of top leaders

    Bengaluru: The election results are crucial for the top leadership in Karnataka who are vying for big roles once the results are announced.

    The victory and defeat will have a direct bearing on the political career of Opposition leader Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai among others.

    The victory for the Opposition leader Siddaramaiah is crucial as he is the Chief Minister post aspirant. BJP has put a formidable candidate in the form of V. Somanna against him in Varuna seat. His defeat would eliminate him from the race of the Chief Minister.

    With exit polls suggesting Congress to emerge as a single largest party, the stakes are running high for Siddaramaiah. The results will also have direct bearing on the political career of Minister for Housing V. Somanna. Somanna has been promised a Deputy Chief Minister post by the party high command if he defeats Siddaramaiah. Somanna is contesting from the high voltage Varuna seat in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar seat in neighbouring Chamarajanagar.

    Varuna has seen 84.74 per cent of voting. Siddaramaiah has announced that he would win by 30,000 votes, while Somanna has claimed that he will win comfortably. It is one of the most keenly awaited results.

    All eyes are also on Hubballi-Dharwad Central seat from where former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is contesting from Congress. The BJP, enraged by his defection at crucial juncture, has put all its might to defeat him on his own turf. Shettar, a six-time MLA has fight with Mahesh Tenginakayi, a new face and once his right-hand man.

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah had held a series of meetings in Hubballi and the party had asked former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to station at Hubballi and ensure Shettar’s defeat.

    Laxman Savadi, who jumped ships to Congress from the BJP is contesting from Athani seat in crucial Belagavi district and the results will have direct bearing on his future political career in Congress. Both the leaders have claimed that humiliation by BJP leadership had led them to quit the saffron party.

    Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is seeking re-election from Shiggaon seat in Haveri district and his victory is also important for his future career in BJP. It is a ‘do or die’ situation for former BJP minister C.P. Yogeshwara who is competing against former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy had ‘sworn’ to end the political career of Yogeshwar, who played an active role in ‘operation lotus’ in 2019 and ensured collapse of Congress-JD(S) coalition government.

    Senior BJP leader S. Suresh Kumar is facing a formidable contest from Congress candidate Puttanna in Rajajinagar seat in Bengaluru. The BJP is hoping to wrestle Chamarajpet seat in Bengaluru from Congress senior leader B.Z. Zameer Ahmad Khan, who is deeply rooted. The saffron party has fielded former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao against him.

    It is a question of survival for Janardhana Reddy, who had floated the Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) and challenged the BJP. He is contesting from Gangavathi seat in Raichur district and his wife Aruna Laxmi is competing against her brother-in-law Somashekara Reddy in Ballary district. Reddy had already announced support for Congress. The survival of his party depends on the victory.

    The results of Puttur constituency in Dakshina Kannada district are also keenly awaited. The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has fielded Shafi Bellare, accused in BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettare murder case, as its candidate. He is contesting election from the prison.

    Vinay Kulkarni, a former minister from Congress and close aide of Siddaramaiah, is contesting from Dharwad seat. Kulkarni, an accused in BJP worker Yogesh Gowda’s murder case, is facing restrictions to enter his constituency by the court.

    The contest and bitter war of words between Priyank Kharge, son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP candidate Manikanth Rathod has made Chittapura constituency in Kalaburagi district has raised curiosity.

  • Karnataka election result: Counting begins across the state amid tight security

    Karnataka election result: Counting begins across the state amid tight security

    Bengaluru: The process of counting of votes was underway in Karnataka on Saturday. The strong rooms were opened at 7 a.m., and the officials began counting from 8 a.m. amid elaborate security arrangements.

    The counting was taking place in 36 centres at district headquarters.

    Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited the Hanuman temple and offered prayers before the counting process began in Hubballi.

    The authorities have clamped curfew orders in the capital city Bengaluru and communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district to avoid untoward incidents and maintain law and order situation.

    The election results are crucial for the national political parties BJP, Congress and also for JD(S). The elections are dubbed as the semi-finals and set the tone for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held in 2024. The exit polls have predicted that the Congress party would emerge as the single largest party and also indicated a hung Assembly.

    The JD(S) has already sent feelers for the national parties and sources claimed that the national parties have also reached out to the JD(S) leaders. The intense competition and campaigning for the seat of power in Karnataka by Congress, BJP and JD(S) has raised the curiosity all over the country over results.

    BJP is still claiming that it would attain a majority as per its reports from booth level workers and wants to create history as no party has returned to power in the state since 1985 in Karnataka. Congress is brimming with confidence and Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar has announced that the party would comfortably win 141 seats. The JD(S) is hoping to win 30 to 40 seats. The magic number is 113 in the 224-member state legislature.

    The intense competition has led to the possibility of horse-trading and national parties are said to be readying for poaching MLA’s from the rival camps, according to sources. The BJP is ready for ‘Operation Lotus’, while Congress is also ready to go for a ‘reverse operation’. JD(S) is busy keeping its flock together and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda is personally keeping in touch with candidates.

    Statement by Minister for Revenue R. Ashoka that no matter how many seats BJP will win, it will form the government and MLC Lakhan Jarkiholi, brother of former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi that 20 elected candidates from Congress will resign have stirred controversy and led to many speculations.

    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) are hoping to make it to the Karnataka legislature for the first time.

    The fate of 2,163 candidates seeking election who are in fray is sealed in the ballot boxes.

    Among 2,613 candidates, 2,427 are men and 185 are women. One candidate is in the other category.