<div align="justify">Congress candidate for Gundlupet Assembly bypolls Geetha Mahadev Prasad (M C Mohana Kumari) turned emotional during a press conference in Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar district on Tuesday. Geetha said the humiliation caused by BJP leaders with an intention to tarnish her image had deeply hurt her. <br /><br />Geetha told reporters that, “The statements by the BJP leaders was causing mental harassment. BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, who attended the funeral of my husband H S Mahadev Prasad, had placed his hand on my head and had assured that it was his responsibility to see that she is elected unanimously but later, the BJP fielded a candidate for the bypolls,” she said.<br /><br />“I had seen Yeddyurappa as a fatherly figure. MP Shobha Karandlaje too had visited my house and had instilled confidence in me while I was mourning. I decided to contest the polls only after being supported by Suttur seer Shivaratri Deshikendra Swami, party workers and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. If I had known that politics would stoop to such a low level, I would not have entered politics”, she said.<br /><br />She said media was only projecting the statements issued by BJP leaders. “Don’t the BJP leaders who issue such derogatory statements against a woman have mothers and sisters?” she questioned. KPCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao, ministers U T Khader and D K Shivakumar were also present.<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">Congress candidate for Gundlupet Assembly bypolls Geetha Mahadev Prasad (M C Mohana Kumari) turned emotional during a press conference in Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar district on Tuesday. Geetha said the humiliation caused by BJP leaders with an intention to tarnish her image had deeply hurt her. <br /><br />Geetha told reporters that, “The statements by the BJP leaders was causing mental harassment. BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa, who attended the funeral of my husband H S Mahadev Prasad, had placed his hand on my head and had assured that it was his responsibility to see that she is elected unanimously but later, the BJP fielded a candidate for the bypolls,” she said.<br /><br />“I had seen Yeddyurappa as a fatherly figure. MP Shobha Karandlaje too had visited my house and had instilled confidence in me while I was mourning. I decided to contest the polls only after being supported by Suttur seer Shivaratri Deshikendra Swami, party workers and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. If I had known that politics would stoop to such a low level, I would not have entered politics”, she said.<br /><br />She said media was only projecting the statements issued by BJP leaders. “Don’t the BJP leaders who issue such derogatory statements against a woman have mothers and sisters?” she questioned. KPCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao, ministers U T Khader and D K Shivakumar were also present.<br /><br /></div>
