Nanjangud
- Observing that political transformation in the State will begin with the victory of BJP candidate V. Sreenivasa Prasad in the Nanjangud by-poll, State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) has said that the by-poll is a battle between the audacity of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and self-respect of V. Sreenivasa Prasad. Speaking after inaugurating a poll convention at Vidyavardhaka College ground in Nanjangud town yesterday, Yeddyurappa said that the 12th century social reformer Basavanna had said that the State treasury is people’s treasury, but Chief Minister Siddharamaiah after looting public money, is now engaged in distributing money among the electorate to win the by-polls. Appealing the voters to ensure a 25,000 margin victory for Sreenivasa Prasad, BSY said that the electorate should set a record of sorts in the defeat of CM Siddharamaiah, who is distributing public money at will among the voters. BSY also alleged that it was Siddharamaiah, who ensured the defeat of KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara in the 2013 polls and that it was the CM who humiliated Late former Minister M. Mahadev (Benki Mahadev) by manhandling him a few years ago.
