Former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah has shown his detractors through the zilla and taluk panchayat election results that he continues to be a force to reckon with in his home district - Mysore. |
Emerging next to the Congress in the 46-member zilla panchayat by securing 15 seats, two less than the Congress' 17, Siddaramaiah's new outfit, All India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD), has relegated the powerful H D Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (S), the coalition partner of the Congress in the state, to the third position. JD (S) has secured 11 seats and lost its hold on the ZP. |
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The BJP has shown that it is gaining hold at grass root levels by winning two seats, while the other seat has gone to an Independent.In the taluk panchayat polls, Siddaramaiah's AIPJD has pushed JD (S) to the third position. |
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AIPJD has secured a hold on two out of seven taluk panchayats and emerged next to the Congress, which has bagged the majority in four taluk panchayats. |
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Thus, at the taluk panchayat level too Siddaramaiah has given a strong drubbing to JD(S) by relegating it to the third position. JD (S) has won only one taluk panchayat, at Hunsur. The Congress has taken T Narasipur, Nanjangud, K R Nagar and H D Kote taluk panchayats. |
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The failure of any one party securing a majority in the Mysore zilla panchayat is likely to lead to new equations in the stronghold district of Siddaramaiah. At the district level, Congress may dump its State alliance partner and go with AIPJD, which the local Congress leaders may welcome heartily. |
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But this could lead to simmering differences between the Congress and the JD (S), more so because of the blocking stance of Deve Gowda which is expected to widen further in the coming weeks. |
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The poor performance of JD (S) in the district has also come as a setback to senior leader M. Rajasekhara Murthy, who recently quit the BJP and moved close to Deve Gowda. It proves that Murthy has little hold in the district. |
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Overall, Mysore district has made all the four leading political parties redraw their plans and strategies for any possible mid-term Assembly election. The split in the Janata Dal has cost Deve Gowda's outfit not only in Mysore, but even in the neighbouring Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts and induced new strength and hopes to the Siddaramaiah's group. |
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In the bordering Chamarajanagar district, the Congress has emerged winner, bagging 15 out of 21 seats in the Zilla Panchayat. JD (S) has to remain content now with just five seats. One seat has gone to the Kannada Chaluvali leader and MLA Vatal Nagaraja's party. |
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In the taluk panchayat polls, Congress has secured majority in Chamarajanagar and Kollegal panchayats, while Gundlupet has gone the way of Janata Dal (S). But Yelandur is poised for interesting developments as no party has secured a majority. |
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Winning five of 11 seats, the Congress may prefer a truck with Siddaramaiah's AIPJD, which has one seat, while the JD(S) and Bahujan Samajwadi Party have secured two each. |
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