Chamundeshwari Assembly segment which saw a low-key campaign in the run-up to the elections is witnessing high drama a day after the completion of the polls.
The constituency was expected to witness a high-voltage contest with the Congress keen to extract its pound of flesh for the 2018 defeat of Siddaramaiah at the hands of G.T.Deve Gowda of the Janata Dal (Secular). Hence, the Congress choose to field M. Sidde Gowda, a one-time close aide of former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo Deve Gowda, who had defected from the JD(S) camp to the Congress.
But as the campaigning grew louder and intense elsewhere in the State Chamundeshwari lapsed into quietude with Mr. G.T. Deve Gowda being the lone candidate who went about seeking votes on a daily basis. Mr.Sidde Gowda was perceived to be ‘’missing in action’’ leading to speculation that there was a ‘’match fixing’’ of sorts to enable Mr. Deve Gowda to emerge a winner.
