Bengaluru: Faced with a formidable challenge in his home turf Chamundeshwari, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is said to have decided to contest from Badami in Bagalkot District, considered a ‘safe constituency.’ Badami has a large number of Kuruba community voters, the caste to which Siddharamaiah belongs.
Siddharamaiah held a meeting with sitting Badami MLA B.B. Chimmanakatti yesterday and persuaded him to vacate the constituency for him. Chimmanakatti, who was reluctant to part with the constituency, was reportedly assured of a nomination to the Upper House in the event of the party returning to power. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Working President S R Patil, too, was present at the meeting.
