Former CM Basavaraj Bommai, BJP candidate from the Haveri-Gadag Lok Sabha constituency.
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Haveri Lok Sabha constituency, the place Basavaraj Bommai, a four-time MLA and former Chief Minister is making an attempt to enter the Lok Sabha, is all set for a straight fight with Anandswamy Gaddadevaramath, the son of a former Congress MLA attempting to test him.
Haveri finds a outstanding place within the State’s political historical past as a result of it was right here that Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) took start below the management of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. But issues modified subsequently with Mr. Yediyurappa returning to the BJP and now his son B.Y. Vijayendra is the get together’s State president.
Change of identify
Earlier often called Dharwad South Lok Sabha constituency, it was later modified to Haveri after the delimitation train in 2008, which drastically modified the demographical composition of the constituency. The constituency misplaced the Shiggaon and Kundagol Assembly segments and gained the Gadag, Ron and Shirahatti segments, which additionally modified the political plans of the events.
Two districts Haveri and Gadag, which face issues of drought and flood at common intervals, are half of the constituency. Dwindling farm income, delayed irrigation tasks, lack of infrastructure nonetheless plague the constituency.
Delimitation impression
For lengthy the constituency was largely represented by Muslim candidates as a result of of the demographically robust Muslim neighborhood, however submit delimitation the equations have modified. Congress which failed successively by fielding Muslim candidates, shifted to non-Muslim candidates final time and this time it has chosen a candidate from the numerically robust Veerashaiva Lingayat neighborhood to which the BJP candidate too belongs.
The seat the place BJP has gained successively within the final 4 elections is taken into account to be a “safe bet” and that appears to be the rationale for Mr. Bommai attempting his luck from right here in Lok Sabha election. As the incumbent MP Shivakumar Udasi who gained thrice, selected to steer clear of electoral politics after his father’s demise, Mr. Bommai has acquired a probability.
After preliminary dissidence, Mr. Bommai has managed to take everybody into confidence however is apprehensive of an undercurrent towards him. The motive is that regardless of being district-in-charge Minister his focus was his constituency Shiggaon and there’s a common feeling among the many voters of different Assembly segments in Haveri district that he didn’t do a lot for them. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and different leaders have raised questions on his contribution to the district in the course of the marketing campaign.
Resurgent Congress
While Mr. Bommai has been campaigning extensively, attempting to cowl as many locations as potential and he has the assist of a number of BJP leaders, for the primary time lately, The Congress is seen countering it with an aggressive marketing campaign with its candidate supported by district-in-charge ministers in each Haveri and Gadag.
Numerically, Congress is in a stronger place within the constituency because it has MLAs in seven meeting segments, whereas Mr Bommai is the lone BJP MLA within the constituency. However, Mr. Bommai’s Assembly constituency (Shiggaon) just isn’t half of the Lok Sabha constituency. Bommai is attempting to stress on “Modi guarantee” and can be banking on his work as Chief Minister.
On the opposite hand Congress candidate Mr. Gaddadevaramath is closely depending on the 5 “guarantee” schemes of the Karnataka authorities and the clout of the sitting MLAs within the constituency. There are a whole of 14 candidates within the fray however the fight is between the candidates of the 2 nationwide events.