05-02-2008, 03:36 AM
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Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | Bangalore
In a move to ensure a direct contest between Samajwadi Party nominee S Bangarappa and BJP chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa, State Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge on Thursday said the party was planning to withdraw its candidate from Shikaripura in election to the Karnataka Assembly.
The JD(S) has already announced his party's support for candidature of State Samajwadi Party president S Bangarappa.
<b>The Congress, which had fielded a 'weak' candidate in Shikaripura, now wants to withdraw its candidate to force Yeddyurappa to concentrate all his energies on retaining his seat rather than allowing him to tour the State extensively.</b>
<b>Yeddyurappa has already declared that he would not fight from a second constituency, come what may.</b>
Fielding questions from mediapersons at a function to release the Congress manifesto, Kharge clarified that he had nothing personal against Yeddyurappa, but the party was planning to withdraw the candidate to ensure defeat for the BJP in the elections.
<b>If the Congress finally decides to pull out its candidate, it would be simply Yeddyurappa versus Bangarappa. It would be a formidable fight between the two stalwarts. Incidentally, former Chief Minister Bangarappa has never lost a single Assembly election in Shimoga</b>. However, he is not in the pink of his health and suspected to be suffering from renal failure and this might limit him from undertaking extensive campaign.
Earlier releasing the Congress manifesto for the Assembly election, chairman of the Manifesto Committee <b>CK Jaffer Sharief announced that free power would be supplied to irrigation pumpsets up to 10 HP of farmers</b>.
He reiterated the earlier announcement <b>of free colour television set for every below poverty line family. To woo the minority votes, Sharief announced the implementation of the Sachar Committee Report on minority welfare</b>.
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Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | Bangalore
In a move to ensure a direct contest between Samajwadi Party nominee S Bangarappa and BJP chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa, State Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge on Thursday said the party was planning to withdraw its candidate from Shikaripura in election to the Karnataka Assembly.
The JD(S) has already announced his party's support for candidature of State Samajwadi Party president S Bangarappa.
<b>The Congress, which had fielded a 'weak' candidate in Shikaripura, now wants to withdraw its candidate to force Yeddyurappa to concentrate all his energies on retaining his seat rather than allowing him to tour the State extensively.</b>
<b>Yeddyurappa has already declared that he would not fight from a second constituency, come what may.</b>
Fielding questions from mediapersons at a function to release the Congress manifesto, Kharge clarified that he had nothing personal against Yeddyurappa, but the party was planning to withdraw the candidate to ensure defeat for the BJP in the elections.
<b>If the Congress finally decides to pull out its candidate, it would be simply Yeddyurappa versus Bangarappa. It would be a formidable fight between the two stalwarts. Incidentally, former Chief Minister Bangarappa has never lost a single Assembly election in Shimoga</b>. However, he is not in the pink of his health and suspected to be suffering from renal failure and this might limit him from undertaking extensive campaign.
Earlier releasing the Congress manifesto for the Assembly election, chairman of the Manifesto Committee <b>CK Jaffer Sharief announced that free power would be supplied to irrigation pumpsets up to 10 HP of farmers</b>.
He reiterated the earlier announcement <b>of free colour television set for every below poverty line family. To woo the minority votes, Sharief announced the implementation of the Sachar Committee Report on minority welfare</b>.
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