Karnataka Housing, Minorities Welfare, and Waqf Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Wednesday accused former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of making no contributions towards the development of the Shiggaon assembly constituency.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Jagadish Shettar on Saturday expressed confidence of his party's victory in the upcoming by-elections in Sandur, Shiggaon, and Channapatna assembly constituencies.
Karnataka Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has successfully persuaded Ajjam Peer Khadri, who had filed his nomination as a rebel candidate for the Shiggavi by-election, to withdraw from the race.
The bypolls in these three seats are taking place following the resignation of HD Kumaraswamy from Channapatna, Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon, and Tukaram from Sandur after they won in the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday approved the candidature of Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan as the Congress candidate from the Shiggaon Constituency for the upcoming Legislative Assembly bypolls in Karnataka.
Former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday that the list of candidates for the by-elections in three constituencies, including Shiggaon, will be prepared after discussions in the Core Committee within the next two or three days.
"As a result of the continuous rain in Haveri district, it was very sad to hear the news that three people, including two children, died after a house wall collapsed in Madapura village of Savanur taluk of Shigaon Assembly Constituency," Bommai said in a post on 'X' on Friday.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday submitted his as MLA from Shiggaon Assembly constituency. His resignation was necessitated as he was elected from the Haveri Lok Sabha constituency in the recently held general election.
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Member of Parliament, Basavaraj Bommai, has urged authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the murder of Renukaswamy, a 33-year-old from Chitradurga, whose body was found in Kamakshipalya, Bengaluru, on June 9.
CM Bommai engaged in a door-to-door campaign in Konanakere, Chandapura, Jakkinakatti, Yattinahalli, Dundasi, and Mamadapura tandas in the poll-bound Karnataka's Shiggaon constituency on Tuesday.