Shimoga: BJP’s Poor Performance in CM’s Home Turf
Daijiworld Media Network
Shimoga, Jan 4: In the zilla panchayat election, the BJP has fared poorly in Shimoga district, the home district of the Chief Minister (CM), B S Yeddyurappa, state BJP president, K S Eshwarappa, and legislative council chairman, D H Shankaramurthy.
The BJP has so far been able to muster only nine seats as against 13 bagged by the Congress, and six by the JDS, in the 31-member zilla panchayat. It may be recalled that the CM had exuded confidence of a landslide victory for the BJP in Shimoga district, and the setback in the zilla panchayat election has come as a loss of face for him.