Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urged the Congress party workers from Chamundeshwari Constituency to work for party candidate M. Lakshmana’s victory in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
Addressing the party leaders and workers at a meeting held at a private hotel in city yesterday, the Chief Minister set a target of 50,000 lead for the party candidate in the Chamundeshwari Constituency. “After Tulasi Dasappa, who belonged to Vokkaliga community, in 1977, the party has given the ticket to a Vokkaliga leader. The internal survey reports suggested that the ticket must be given to a Vokkaliga candidate and accordingly candidature of M. Lakshmana and Mysuru District Congress Committee President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar’s names were suggested to the party High Command. However, the party decided to field Lakshmana,” he said and added Vijayakumar, who is the President of Mysuru District Congress Committee, also deserved a chance to contest the polls.
