Congress' Yogeeshwara wins Channapatna Assembly bypoll by defeating Kumaraswamy's son

Congress' C P Yogeeshwara connected Saturday won the "high profile" Channapatna conception for the ruling enactment successful Karnataka, defeating JD(S) campaigner and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy's lad Nikhil Kumaraswamy, by a borderline of 25,413 votes, successful the Assembly by-poll.

Actor-turned-politician Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is erstwhile Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's grandson, secured 87,229 votes, portion Yogeeshwara, a governmental heavyweight successful the conception got 1,12,642 votes.

A five-time MLA from the conception and a erstwhile minister, Yogeeshwara, who is besides an actor-turned-politician, had joined the Congress aft quitting the BJP up of his nomination.

Ahead of joining Congress, Yogeeshwara had appealed to leaders of the BJP-JD(S) confederation to see giving him a summons from the saffron party.

There were plans to tract Yogeeshwara connected a JD(S) ticket, but helium was not funny successful it, and alternatively wanted Kumaraswamy to enactment him arsenic BJP candidate. This was not acceptable to Kumaraswamy and his party, pursuing which Yogeeshwara jumped ship.

However, Kumaraswamy had subsequently said helium had agreed to Yogeeshwara contesting from BJP, and contempt that helium jumped vessel to Congress nether the power of Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and his member and erstwhile MP D K Suresh.

Following Yogeeshwara joining Congress, the JD(S) which is portion of the NDA led by the BJP, fielded 36-year-old Nikhil, from the spot vacated by his begetter Kumaraswamy, aft being elected to Lok Sabha successful the elections held successful May this year.

BJP and JD(S) leaders including Deve Gowda, B S Yediyurappa had unneurotic campaigned for Nikhil successful Channapatna.

This is the 3rd electoral decision for Nikhil.

Nikhil had unsuccessfully contested the 2023 Assembly from the neighbouring Ramanagara which had propelled Deve Gowda to the station of main curate and the spot that was besides represented by some his parents.

He earlier had a disastrous electoral debut erstwhile helium had mislaid to BJP-backed autarkic campaigner Sumalatha Ambareesh successful the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency successful the 2019 polls.

For Kumaraswamy, Nikhil's decision is simply a setback, arsenic helium had represented Channapatna twice.

Kumaraswamy won Channapatna successful the 2023 assembly polls, with 96,592 votes against Yogeeshwara (then successful BJP) who got 80,677 votes.

Nikhi's parent Anitha Kumaraswamy, a erstwhile MLA, had unsuccessfully contested from the spot successful 2013, and faced decision against Yogeeshwara.

Congress' triumph successful the spot is important for party's authorities main D K Shivakumar and his member D K Suresh to fortify their presumption successful their location territory of Ramanagara, a Vokkaliga heartland.