Mysuru: The Old Mysuru region is witnessing significant number of Ministers and former Ministers – as many as 15 – contesting in the May 12 Assembly elections. They are trying their electoral fortunes from Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagaram, Hassan, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts that comes under the region.
The fray is dominated by nine from Congress including Chief Minister Siddharamaiah contesting from Chamundeshwari, former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy (Ramanagaram and Channapattana) and two former ministers from JD(S) and former Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah from Virajpet in Kodagu. Mysuru district has topped in the list of former Ministers contesting for the Assembly elections.
