Karnataka Assembly election result|BJP provided Puttur on a plate to the Congress by rejecting ticket to Arun Kumar Puthila

Ashok Kumar Rai, Congress prospect for Puttur Assembly Constituency submitting his election documents in Puttur.|Image Credit: Special Arrangement Even as the BJP’s lots of experiments consisting of that of fielding V. Somanna in Varuna and Chamarajanagar badly stopped working, the celebration provided Puttur, the Hindutva fortress in Dakshina Kannada, on a plate to the Congress. While Hindutva activist Arun Kumar Puthila was a strong competitor for the BJP ticket, the celebration not just rejected the ticket to the incumbent, Sanjeev Matandur, however fielded Asha Thimmappa, a fairly light-weight prospect from Puttur. Ashok Kumar Rai, a business owner and benefactor, who earlier had actually recognized himself with the Sangh Parivar, ended up being the Congress prospect. The BJP’s efforts to charm citizens by generating stalwarts, consisting of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, its nationwide president J.P. Nadda and others and the ‘fatwa’ by regional RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, stopped working to equate into elect Ms. Thimmappa, who was relegated to the 3rd position. On the other hand, nearly every BJP advocate shouted the name of Mr. Puthila, who objected to as an Independent prospect, while lots of added to his election expense upon an appeal by the prospect. According to the most recent patterns, Mr. Rai of the Congress had actually surveyed 64,687 votes (38.38% of 1,68,542 overall surveyed), Mr. Puthila 61336 (36.39%) votes and Ms. Thimmappa of the BJP had poll
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