<p class="bodytext">Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna said on Thursday that Congress' S P Muddahanumegowda will lock horns with V Somanna of BJP in Tumkur segment for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Interestingly, both the Congress and the BJP have not finalised their candidates for the Tumkur Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to reporters here, Rajanna said, "I have information that the BJP will issue Tumkur ticket to V Somanna. The Congress will field Muddahanumegowda."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former Congress MP Muddahanumegowda, who had joined the BJP after he was denied renomination in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, was re-inducted into the Congress only last month.</p>.Our vote, somebody else's leadership: Karnataka minister's remarks raise pitch for 'Dalit CM' call.<p class="bodytext">On the Dalit CM issue, Rajanna said "H C Mahadevappa has done nothing wrong (in raising the demand for a Dalit CM). Parameshwara should be made chief minister, if there is a change of guard."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saying that it has nothing to do with the quashing of cases against D K Shivakumar, Rajanna said, "We have been demanding that a Dalit be made CM for so many years now. We will continue to raise the issue till a Dalit is appointed. We are not stopping Shivakumar from becoming the CM," Rajanna said. </p>
<p class="bodytext">Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna said on Thursday that Congress' S P Muddahanumegowda will lock horns with V Somanna of BJP in Tumkur segment for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Interestingly, both the Congress and the BJP have not finalised their candidates for the Tumkur Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to reporters here, Rajanna said, "I have information that the BJP will issue Tumkur ticket to V Somanna. The Congress will field Muddahanumegowda."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former Congress MP Muddahanumegowda, who had joined the BJP after he was denied renomination in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, was re-inducted into the Congress only last month.</p>.Our vote, somebody else's leadership: Karnataka minister's remarks raise pitch for 'Dalit CM' call.<p class="bodytext">On the Dalit CM issue, Rajanna said "H C Mahadevappa has done nothing wrong (in raising the demand for a Dalit CM). Parameshwara should be made chief minister, if there is a change of guard."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saying that it has nothing to do with the quashing of cases against D K Shivakumar, Rajanna said, "We have been demanding that a Dalit be made CM for so many years now. We will continue to raise the issue till a Dalit is appointed. We are not stopping Shivakumar from becoming the CM," Rajanna said. </p>
