Much to the dismay of his get together, JD(S) MLA from Kolar, Okay Srinivasa Gowda, voted for Congress candidate within the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, apparently resulting from his love for the Congress. While leaving the Karnataka state meeting advanced after casting his vote, Gowda advised reporters, “I voted Congress.” When requested in regards to the cause behind his motion, he mentioned, “Because I love it.”
On the eve of the Rajya Sabha elections, Siddaramaiah took to Twitter and posted a letter whereby he sought the backing of JD(S) MLAs. Kumaraswamy tweeted with a counter asking Congress to help the JD(S) candidate with the intention to defeat BJP.
Another JD(S) legislator S R Srinivas from Gubbi defied his get together orders and voted for Congress as a substitute. Earlier, get together chief HD Kumaraswamy identified that senior Congress chief Siddaramaiah had requested JD(S) MLAs to chorus from voting for their very own candidate and as a substitute forged their votes for the grand previous get together.
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Accusing Siddaramaiah of “horse-trading,” Kumaraswamy mentioned, “Today, he (Siddaramaiah) told the local media that he didn’t write to my MLAs. He had even tweeted the letter from his social media account. Now, he’s denying what he said yesterday. This shows his double standards.”
In the 224-member sturdy Karnataka Assembly, the BJP is in majority with 121 seats whereas the Congress has 70, adopted by the JD(S) at 32. As per the Assembly figures, the BJP is slated to win two, and the Congress one. The election to the fourth seat turns into essential as all three events have fielded their respective candidates, with nobody having sufficient numbers of their very own to see their candidate via. Every candidate would require the help of at the very least 45 legislators to get elected.
The Congress has nominated former Union minister Jairam Ramesh and has gone with Mansoor Ali Khan for the closely-contested fourth seat. The BJP has re-nominated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and has named actor Jaggesh, and Karnataka MLC Lahar Singh Siroya as its candidates for the Upper House. Real property baron D Kupendra Reddy is JD(S)’s decide for the fourth seat.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”