With the countdown beginning for the swearing-in of the Siddaramaiah cabinet, there are reports that all the three Congress MLAs from Udupi
It has been reliably gathered that the Byndoor MLA Gopal Poojari was all likely to be inducted as a minister in the Siddaramaiah led Congress government. Sources reveal that the Congress leadership has already summoned Poojari to Delhi and he has held one round of talks with national leaders .
The new MLA of Puttur Shakuntala Shetty has said that ensuring essential amenities to the people of her constituency and helping them avail the benefits of government schemes was topmost on her agenda as an MLA.
Three political leaders of undivided DK district who had held high positions a few years ago and were considered influential, have miserably failed in the recently held Assembly elections.
The utter defeat of the JD (S) candidate in the Moodbidri Assembly elections, has disheartened the party workers many of whom are worried about their political future.
Gopal Bhandary, former Karkala MLA who lost the recent assembly elections to BJP’s Sunil Kumar, has alleged that the BJP men had misled voters of Karkala by offering a cash cover along with a photo of God.
If the Congress supporters and workers are busy celebrating the victory of the party in assembly elections, on the other hand several leaders are busy moving heaven and earth to occupy the chairmanship of various boards and corporations.
B Ramanatha Rai, the victorious Congress candidate from Bantwal constituency has said that the discerning voters of Bantwal have foiled all attempts made by the Kalladka High Command to defeat him.
If the Janata Dal (S) could win in 40 constituencies in the state, particularly in Mysore region, it has failed to open its account in at least a single constituency in DK, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. The party candidates have almost lost their deposits in Udupi and DK districts except for Amarnath Shetty (20,471) in Moodbidri.
The simmering differences between JD(S) leaders of Bantwal prior to the assembly elections, had surfaced on the day of the election itself with the local JD(S) candidate Krishnappa Poojari who is also the district Yuva JD(S) Chief entering into a quarrel with minorities cell chief Haroon Rasheed right on the road.