Eight Congress leaders who helped 2019 coup, lost elections
Shivaram Hebbar, S T Somashekar, Byrati Basavaraj, N Munirathna, Ramesh Jarkiholi and K Gopalaiah won the election
By Newsmeter Network Published on 13 May 2023 3:22 PM GMT
Bengaluru: Eight Congress turncoats who joined the BJP and helped it form the government in 2019, lost in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, for which the results were announced on Saturday.
As many as 13 Congress and three JD(S) MLAs resigned from the Karnataka Assembly in 2019 thus bringing down the 14-month-old coalition government of the Congress and the JD(S) led by H D Kumaraswamy.
Later, 16 of these MLAs, who the Speaker disqualified, joined the BJP and a majority contested the 2019 Assembly by-polls, won the election, and became Ministers in the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government.
On Saturday when the election results were announced, Pratapgouda Patil lost to Basangouda Turvihal of Congress by 13,053 votes from the Maski constituency and B C Patil (Hirekerur) by 15,020 votes to Ujaneshwar Basavannappa Banakar of the Congress.
Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar (Chikkaballapura) lost to Congress candidate Pradeep Eshwar by 10,642 votes, M T B Nagaraj (Hoskote) lost to Congress candidate Sharath Kumar Bachegowda by 5,150 votes. In comparison, Shrimant Patil (Kagwad) was defeated by Congress' Balaramgouda Alagouda Kage by 8,827 votes.
Mahesh Kumathalli (Athani) was defeated by Laxman Savadi, who had quit BJP and joined the Congress, by 76,122 seats, K C Narayana Gowda (K R Pet) and R Shankar (Ranibennur) lost the election as a distant third.
BJP fielded Siddarth Singh Thakur in place of his Minister father Anand Singh, a turncoat, from the Vijayanagara constituency, who lost to H R Gaviyappa by 33,723 votes. Roshan Baig and A H Vishwanath did not contest this election.
However, Shivaram Hebbar (Yellapur), S T Somashekar (Yeshwanthpur), Byrati Basavaraj (K R Puram), N Munirathna (R R Nagar), Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak) and K Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout) won the election.
