The staunch support of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for Congress candidate M. Lakshmana in the Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency — also Siddaramaiah’s home turf — has transformed the contest into an intriguing battle. Here, the former finds himself in a heated race against BJP’s candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family.
Despite both Yaduveer and Lakshmana being political newcomers, it is noteworthy that the 59-year-old engineer-turned-politician Lakshmana is leveraging the CM’s popularity and the traditional Congress voter base.
