Mysuru: Senior Congress leader and state leader after filing nomination on Wednesday from Varuna seat for the Karnataka Assembly elections. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that our party is secular and we are not seeking votes from anyone on the basis of caste. Siddaramaiah said that we expect votes from Lingayat, Vokkaliga and all other communities. He made this comment when Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday accused the Congress of adopting a ‘divide and rule’ policy for Lingayats and Veerashaivas. In response to a question about the chief ministerial candidate, he said that the party will decide.

These Leaders also filed papers

Let us inform that Jagdish Shettar from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly seat, among other prominent leaders of the party for the Karnataka assembly elections, Congress state president DK Shivakumar has filed nomination from Kanakpura seat in Ramnagar district. On behalf of the BJP, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai filed nominations from Shiggaon, while former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa’s son Vijayendra filed nominations from Shikaripura and Bhaskar Rao from Chamarajpet. The last date for filing nominations for the Karnataka Assembly elections has been fixed by the Election Commission as 48 April.

Siddaramaiah contesting elections for the last time

Earlier, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah On April 7, he had said that he is contesting the elections for the upcoming assembly in the state for the last time. After this he will retire from politics. According to a report by news agency ANI, Siddaramaiah said that he is contesting from Varuna assembly seat. The reason for this is that my native village is also included in this assembly constituency. He said that this will be my last election and after that I will retire from politics.

33143314Will not hold any post of Delhi party Accepted: Siddaramaiah

Along with this, Siddaramaiah also said that even after retiring from electoral politics, he would continue to do active politics, but After that he will not accept any post in Delhi. After the filing of nomination papers by the candidates of various political parties in Karnataka, political activities have become more intense than before. Assembly elections will be held in Karnataka on 48 May and Counting of votes will be done on May. ,