Yadgir Assembly Constituency (General), which is a strong bastion for Congress party has been suffering from lack of leadership when its senior leader and former Minister Dr. A.B. Maalakaraddy quit the party after he lost 2018 general election against BJP’s Venkatareddy Mudnal, who won with a margin of 12,881 votes.
Now, Congress party has to find a strong candidate to face the ruling BJP MLA Venkatareddy Mudnal in the next Assembly election in 2023 to snatch the constituency back from BJP’s hand and it would be a tough task for the party if a suitable candidate was not chosen.
A prominent Congressman Dr. Maalakaraddy has been elected five times to Assembly and once to Council and handled the Medical Education and Health portfolio under the then Chief Ministers M. Veerappa Moily and S.M. Krishna and led the party for four and half decades. But, after losing Assembly elections, he left congress and joined BJP citing he was “neglected” by the party. But, party leaders denied charges while countering him. Then, he joined hands with other BJP leaders to fight against his long-term political friend M. Mallikarjun Kharge in the previous Lok Sabha elections in Kalaburagi in 2019.
