Bengaluru: With many instances of Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly losing the Assembly polls, many newly elected senior Congress MLAs, who are offered the post, are unwilling to take up the post out of apprehension that their political career would come to an end.
In the past, many Speakers, who contested the polls, have lost and Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri of the BJP is the last one to be added to the list. Kageri, who remained undefeated all these years, lost his Sirsi Assembly seat to Congress candidate in the just held polls.
