Former CM Basavaraj Bommai, son cast votes in Shiggaon

SHIGGAON: BJP leader and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, and his son Bharat Bommai cast their votes at a polling booth in Shiggaon, as voting in a bypoll to the Assembly constituency is under way.

Voting for the bypolls in Shiggaon, Sandur and Channapatna seats is under way today and the results for the respective seats will be announced on November 23. These seats were vacant after the resignation of the respective candidates.

Bharath Bommai is the NDA candidate for bypoll to the Shiggaon assembly constituency. BJP candidate from Shiggaon Assembly Constituency Bharat Bommai on Wednesday said that he has gotten a tremendous response in the constituency.

“The response has been tremendous. Wherever I’ve gone in the constituency, the love and affection that people have shown, I’ll be indebted to them for my life”,  he added. Congress has fielded Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan from this seat.

Bypolls for Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna are necessitated, as the seats fell vacant following the election of E Tukaram of Congress, Basavaraj Bommai of BJP, and H D Kumaraswamy of JD(S)–to Lok Sabha in general elections held earlier this year.

Notably, Channapatna recorded a 10.34 per cent voter turnout till 9 am; it was 10.08 per cent in Shiggaon and 9.99 per cent in Sandur, election officials said.

Earlier, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate from Channapatna bypolls, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, said on Wednesday that the youth is with him and he is confident that the people will bless him.

Nikhil said, “From the last 18 days, people have given me confidence. I am very confident today that the work done by H D Deve Gowda and H D Kumaraswamy will come in handy for my victory. The youth is with me… I am confident that the people of Channapatna will bless me”. (ANI)