<p>The BJP’s victory in the bypolls has revived dreams of ministerial aspirants in Kalyana Karnataka (KK) region.</p>.<p>Of 40 segments in the region, the saffron party won 15 seats in the May 2018 Assembly polls. The party also bagged Chincholi segment in the bypoll in May this<br />year. With the victory of Anand Singh from Vijayanagar<br />Assembly constituency, the number of BJP legislators is now 18.</p>.<p>The party has five each legislators in Kalaburagi and Ballari districts, three in Koppal district, one in Bidar and two each in Raichur and Yadgir districts.</p>.<p>In the region, the Congress has 19 seats, while the JD(S) four. </p>.<p>Prabhu Chauhan from Bidar district’s Aurad constituency is the lone face in the B S Yediyurappa cabinet. Five other districts, including Ballari that was a power centre in the previous BJP government, lack representation. </p>.<p>Dattatreya Patil Revoor (Gulbarga Dakshin), Rajkumar Telkur (Sedam), both from Kalaburagi district, Rajugouda (Shorapur) in Yadgir district and Shivanagouda Naik (Deodurg) in Raichur district are ministerial aspirants.</p>.<p>Former MLC Shashil G Namoshi demanded a berth for Kalaburagi district.</p>.<p>“Kalaburagi needs representation to supervise developmental works under Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board,” he told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p>A few BJP leaders are confident that about two legislators would be made ministers. Singh’s entry into the cabinet looks mostly certain.</p>.<p>Nine legislators from the region, three each from Bidar and Vijayapura districts and one each from Kalaburagi, Ballari and Raichur districts, were ministers in the HD Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government.</p>
<p>The BJP’s victory in the bypolls has revived dreams of ministerial aspirants in Kalyana Karnataka (KK) region.</p>.<p>Of 40 segments in the region, the saffron party won 15 seats in the May 2018 Assembly polls. The party also bagged Chincholi segment in the bypoll in May this<br />year. With the victory of Anand Singh from Vijayanagar<br />Assembly constituency, the number of BJP legislators is now 18.</p>.<p>The party has five each legislators in Kalaburagi and Ballari districts, three in Koppal district, one in Bidar and two each in Raichur and Yadgir districts.</p>.<p>In the region, the Congress has 19 seats, while the JD(S) four. </p>.<p>Prabhu Chauhan from Bidar district’s Aurad constituency is the lone face in the B S Yediyurappa cabinet. Five other districts, including Ballari that was a power centre in the previous BJP government, lack representation. </p>.<p>Dattatreya Patil Revoor (Gulbarga Dakshin), Rajkumar Telkur (Sedam), both from Kalaburagi district, Rajugouda (Shorapur) in Yadgir district and Shivanagouda Naik (Deodurg) in Raichur district are ministerial aspirants.</p>.<p>Former MLC Shashil G Namoshi demanded a berth for Kalaburagi district.</p>.<p>“Kalaburagi needs representation to supervise developmental works under Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board,” he told <span class="italic">DH</span>.</p>.<p>A few BJP leaders are confident that about two legislators would be made ministers. Singh’s entry into the cabinet looks mostly certain.</p>.<p>Nine legislators from the region, three each from Bidar and Vijayapura districts and one each from Kalaburagi, Ballari and Raichur districts, were ministers in the HD Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government.</p>
