In a jolt to BJP-JD(S), ex-minister Yogeshwar to join Congress, get Channapatna bypoll ticket

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c p yogeshwar joins congress Yogeshwar, who visited Shivakumar astatine his location connected Wednesday morning, aboriginal met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

After alluding implicit the past fewer days astatine the anticipation of his joining the Congress to contention the Channapatna Assembly bypoll, erstwhile Karnataka curate C P Yogeshwar is expected to articulation the ruling enactment connected Wednesday.

Yogeshwar, who resigned arsenic a BJP MLC connected Monday, is besides expected to beryllium declared the Congress campaigner for the Channapatna seat, which was vacated by JD(S) person and Union curate H D Kumaraswamy aft helium won the Lok Sabha polls. A five-time erstwhile MLA from the constituency, Yogeshwar mislaid his past 2 Assembly polls to Kumaraswamy.

The bypoll is expected to beryllium a prestige conflict betwixt 2 of the biggest Vokkaliga leaders successful Karnataka politics—Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is besides the authorities Congress president.

During his galore visits to the Vokkaliga-dominated constituency, Shivakumar has urged radical to ballot arsenic if helium himself were the candidate.

Yogeshwar’s instrumentality to the Congress, for which helium won the spot successful 2004, volition mean a impermanent extremity to the rivalry betwixt him and the D K brothers—Shivakumar and erstwhile MP D K Suresh.

Yogeshwar, who visited Shivakumar astatine his location connected Wednesday morning, aboriginal met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

The BJP has announced candidates for 2 of the 3 constituencies wherever bypolls volition beryllium held connected November 13 and ceded the Channapatna spot to the JD(S), its ally. This angered Yogeshwar, who had travel successful 2nd against Kumaraswamy successful the past 2 Assembly polls. The JD(S) is yet to denote its campaigner for the constituency.

Though his lad and JD(S) younker helping president Nikhil Kumaraswamy had emerged arsenic a frontrunner, the caller developments are expected to unit Kumaraswamy’s manus to tract a enactment worker. Jayamuttu, who is the JD(S) Channapatna taluk president, volition apt beryllium the campaigner now, according to sources.

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