K’taka Polls: Basavaraj Bommai on temple run in DK and Udupi

Team Udayavani, Apr 13, 2023, 9:24 AM IST

Mangaluru: Ahead of Karnataka state assembly polls Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visited a couple of temples in Dakshina Kannada including Dharmasthala and Kukke Subrahmanya temple.

The Chief Minister said he already visited some of the temples in Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday, April 12, and will be visiting some of the temples Udupi on Thursday, April 13 as he used to visit them before every election to pray for victory and for the welfare of the State.

Addressing reporters at Dharmasthala temple town in Dakshina Kannada district, Bommai said he will be contacting MLAs and leaders who have been denied party tickets for the upcoming elections.

The party will continue to give the leaders due respect and recognition, he said.

The party has so far named 212 candidates for the May 10 elections to the 224-member House.

Bommai said he has already spoken to those who have been omitted from the party candidates’ list.

”The party has looked after them with respect all these years and their political future will be secure,” he said.

The Chief Minister said he will speak to Laxman Savadi who has strongly reacted against the party decision out of sadness. ”I will speak to him and sort out the matter,” he said.

With the BJP denying him the ticket from Athani, former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the party. Asked about some party leaders deciding to leave politics after being denied party ticket, Bommai said they had only meant retirement from electoral politics and not active politics.

”Senior leaders will speak to K S Eshwarappa. S Angara is a gentleman. I will speak to him,” the Chief Minister said.

Minister and six-time MLA Angara from Sullia constituency in Dakshina Kannada district announced his retirement from politics on Wednesday, after failing to get a ticket again.