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When we consider the difference of politicians from coastal districts and the dry lands, one is for sure that you (MLCs from coastal) are intellectuals and we (from dry lands) are only intelligent and below par. I had hoped to become the permanent Chairman of the Council for the welfare of north Karnataka, as put aptly by my colleague S R Patil, but it did not happen. But I did not lobby for it. The house is now in the hands of the coastal district representatives and we hope to see a good session henceforth,” said Byregowda.Earlier, Poojari said the BJP was keen on fighting the elections for the Chairman post, despite the low numbers, but decided to pull out at the last moment after the party leadership desisted from denigrating the post. But I would consider it my good fortune that I got to sit in the Chair for a few months as pro-tem chairman and did as much as I could,” said Horratti.Earlier in the day, punning on the fact that the opposition leader Kota Srinivas Poojari, leader of the house and minister Jayamala and the newly elected chairman Prathap Chandra Shetty were all from the coastal districts, deputy chief minister G Parameshwara, law minister Krishna Byre Gowda and others indulged in a friendly banter by citing it was truly the best example of “adjustment” politics.“Both the opposition leader Poojari and Chairman Shetty come from the same constituency..