Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru(DC)

Bengaluru, Nov 6: In Karnataka bypolls battle, the Congress-JD(S) combine has once again crushed the BJP's dreams of coming to power by winning four out of five seats.

In Bellary, V S Ugrappa handed out a humilaiting defeat to BJP candidate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongman B Sriramulu's sister and former MP J Shantha. 

Soon after the win former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah took to social media and thanked the people for supporting the Congress.

Referring to Gali Janardhana Reddy's remark on Siddaramaiah's son's death, he said, "The result is curse of Ballary people for Janardhan Reddy's inhuman talks and deeds. The people of Bellary have moved from dark to light on this auspicious day of Naraka Chaturdashi (Diwali)."

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— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) November 6, 2018

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— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) November 6, 2018

Elections r the essence of democracy & the mandate by the ppl intends to strengthen it. Today's result is the effort to reconstruct the crumbling blocks of democracy in the country. #KarnatakaRejectsBJP@INCKarnataka

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) November 6, 2018

When @narendramodi does not answer questions of the ppl. Ppl will answer during elections.

When @BJP4Karnataka forgets the mandate given by the people & get consumed by their arrogance. Ppl will make them bite the dust. This time it was Ballari mining dust #KarnatakaRejectsBJP

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) November 6, 2018

Bypolls for the three Lok Sabha constituencies - Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya; and two Assembly constituencies - Ramanagara and Jamkhandi, which were held on Saturday, were seen as a prestigious popularity test for the ruling Congress-JDS coalition in Karnataka.

In the high-pitched by-poll battle, the Congress candidate former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s confidant VS Ugrappa defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongman B Sriramulu's sister and former MP J Shantha with winning 5 lac votes. Ugrappa has also broken Congress former president Sonia Gnadhi and Sriramulu's earlier record by getting more than 2 lakh votes.

With this win Congress has succeeded in ending reign of Reddy brothers in Bellary. The Congress had taken Bellary seriously and had made all all efforts to humiliate the BJP by handing out a defeat in by-polls.

More than 100 Congress and JD(S) leaders had campaigned in Bellary, asking voters to end the “reign” of mining barons, the Reddy brothers. Interestingly, both HD Deve Gowda and Siddaramaiah campaigned here extensively.

The Reddy brothers have declared a war on JD(S)-Congress alliance, claiming that Bellary is their turf and Water Resources minister DK Shivakumar, who is in charge of the campaign, will have to go back disappointed.