Haveri Lok Sabha constituency, where Basavaraj Bommai, a four-time MLA and former Chief Minister is attempting to enter the Lok Sabha, is all set for a straight fight with Anandswamy Gaddadevaramath, the son of a former Congress MLA trying to check him.
Haveri finds a prominent place in the State’s political history because it was here that Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) took birth under the leadership of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. But things changed subsequently with Mr. Yediyurappa returning to the BJP and now his son B.Y. Vijayendra is the party’s State president.