Siddaramaiah Wins From Varuna

The 75-year-old leader got 1,19,430 votes against 73,424 polled by his BJP rival and influential Lingayat leader V Somanna.

BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa on Monday predicted that his party would return to power in Karnataka with 130 to 135 seats and Congress leader Siddaramaiah will lose the election from Varuna constituency.

Siddaramaiah, one of the key leaders of the Congress in Karnataka who is preparing to contest the assembly election next month from his MLA son Yathindra Siddaramaiah's constituency, Varuna, told NDTV that he is not afraid of losing.

The 75-year-old leader got 1,19,430 votes against 73,424 polled by his BJP rival and influential Lingayat leader V Somanna.

BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa on Monday predicted that his party would return to power in Karnataka with 130 to 135 seats and Congress leader Siddaramaiah will lose the election from Varuna constituency.

Siddaramaiah, one of the key leaders of the Congress in Karnataka who is preparing to contest the assembly election next month from his MLA son Yathindra Siddaramaiah's constituency, Varuna, told NDTV that he is not afraid of losing.