<p class="title">Channapatna MLA and BJP leader C P Yogeeshwara on Thursday challenged former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy to contest against him from Channapatna Assembly constituency and emerge victorious.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reacting to Kumaraswamy's decision to contest from both Ramanagara and Channapatna seats in the May 12 Assembly polls, Yogeeshwara hit back at the JD(S) leader saying: "Congesting from Ramanagara and Channapatna Assembly constituencies is a waste of money and energy. Instead, contest from my constituency, Channapatna. I will accept your candidature sportively and prove my might by emerging victorious."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing reporters here, the former forest minister who recently joined the BJP said, "Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and his son Kumaraswamy have suppressed other leaders from the Vokkaliga community. The father-son duo is blackmailing voters emotionally. Deve Gowda should live upto his age while criticising others."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yogeeshwara charged that the list of benami properties held by Kumaraswamy was too big. "Kumaraswamy owns properties in Singapore and Malaysia," he claimed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He advised Kumaraswamy to strike a pre-poll alliance with a political party as the JD(S) might win haradly 20 to 25 seats. "Many leaders from the JD(S) are knocking on the doors of the BJP," he claimed.</p>
<p class="title">Channapatna MLA and BJP leader C P Yogeeshwara on Thursday challenged former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy to contest against him from Channapatna Assembly constituency and emerge victorious.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reacting to Kumaraswamy's decision to contest from both Ramanagara and Channapatna seats in the May 12 Assembly polls, Yogeeshwara hit back at the JD(S) leader saying: "Congesting from Ramanagara and Channapatna Assembly constituencies is a waste of money and energy. Instead, contest from my constituency, Channapatna. I will accept your candidature sportively and prove my might by emerging victorious."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing reporters here, the former forest minister who recently joined the BJP said, "Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and his son Kumaraswamy have suppressed other leaders from the Vokkaliga community. The father-son duo is blackmailing voters emotionally. Deve Gowda should live upto his age while criticising others."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yogeeshwara charged that the list of benami properties held by Kumaraswamy was too big. "Kumaraswamy owns properties in Singapore and Malaysia," he claimed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He advised Kumaraswamy to strike a pre-poll alliance with a political party as the JD(S) might win haradly 20 to 25 seats. "Many leaders from the JD(S) are knocking on the doors of the BJP," he claimed.</p>
