Summary:
He arrived with his family and told the media that the BJP would win Ballari, Shivamogga and Jamakhandi.“The coalition partners are enemies. I will give a positive result,” he said.Meanwhile, JD(S) and Congress candidate Madhu Bangarappa cast his vote at his birthplace, Kubatur. SHIVAMOGGA: Though the Shivamogga byelection was considered a prestige issue between former CM B S Yeddyurappa and chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, the poor turnout by voters at polling stations left the BJP and coalition partners JD(S) and Congress with much to worry about.The turnout was way below the 2014 polling figure. Later, he told the media that he would win the election and initiate programmes which he had planned for the constituency within four months. Their caste politics and speeches hurt the people,” he said..