One of the keenly watched constituencies that is going to polls in the Mysuru district is Chamundeshwari where incumbent MLA G.T. Devegowda is vying for a hat-trick win this time around. He has won the elections from here in 2013 and 2018. As per the 2011 census, 60.79 percent are rural voters while 39.21 percent are urban voters. Seventy-three-year-old G.T. Devegowda hails from Gungral Chatra village in Yelwal hobli and is the son of late Thammegowda. Though studied till the eighth standard, he has successfully served in the Co-operation and Education Ministry in the previous Governments.
His electoral debut was in 2004 when he contested from Hunsur on a Congress ticket and entered the Vidhana Soudha. The same year, he contested the MP election against Srikantadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar but lost by a small margin. He is on a mission mode to regain the confidence of the voters based on the development work done in his Constituency and also the deep-rooted connection with the people. Star of Mysore spoke to him on his electoral prospects. Excerpts:
