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Top contests of 2014: Yeddyurappa vs the rest in Shimoga
[Read: Top contests of 2014]
2009 result: BJP's BY Raghavendra, son of Yeddyurappa, defeated late chief minister S Bangarappa by 52,893 votes.
Shimoga,
along
with
the
other
27
seats
of
Karnataka,
will
go
to
the
polls
on
April
17.
About
BS
Yeddyurappa
(BJP)
Yeddyurappa,
the
first
BJP
chief
minister
of
southern
India,
gad
quit
the
party
in
late
2012
after
having
serious
differences
with
the
top
brass
but
returned
to
the
BJP's
fold
in
January
this
year.
Party
insiders
felt
that
the
BJP
could
suffer
if
Raghavendra
is
fielded
again
and
it
could
be
a
heavy
loss,
particularly
after
the
drubbing
in
last
year's
assembly
election.
Yeddyurappa,
71,
a
Lingayat
strongman
with
a
strong
base
in
Shimoga,
was
a
stronger
option
for
the
party.
He
is
contesting
the
Lok
Sabha
election
for
the
first
time.
About
Manjunath
Bhandari
(Congress)
The Congress fielded Manjunath Bhandari after senior leaders like Kagodu Thimmappa and state minister Kimmane Ratnakar refused to contest from Shimoga. Bhandari, a businessman and member of the AICC, is a fresher in electoral politics and is known to be close to Union minister Oscar Fernandes.
About Geetha Shivarajkumar (JDS)
Geetha Shivakumar is the daughter of late chief minister Bangarappa and wife of leading Kannada filmstar Shivarajkmar, son of late Kannada matinee idol Dr Rajkumar. A fresher in politics, she took the primary membership of the JD(S) recently and said she wants to serve the people, just as her father had done.
About Sreedhar Kallahalla Gangadhar (AAP)
SK Gangadhar is a noted architect and social and environmental reformer in the Malnad region of the Western Ghats. He is contesting election for the first time.
Analysis: Yeddyurappa is most likely to be final deciding factor in this constituency. In the 2013 assembly election when Yeddyurappa contested as a Karnataka Janatha Paksh candidate, the BJP failed to win a single seat from Shimoga, despite it being a strong base of the RSS and BJP. Now, with Yeddyurappa back in the fold, the BJP looks a more organised force in this part.
Yeddyurappa's cause will also be benefitted by the deep family feud in the Bangarappa family which may adversely affect the chances of the JDS's Geetha Shivarajkumar. Her estranged brother Kumar Bangarappa has already predicted her defeat in the upcoming polls. However, campaigning by Geetha's husband and brother-in-law, namely, Shivarajkumar and Puneet Rajkumar, who are popular faces from the glamour world, could bring in an interesting angle into the fight.
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