<p>Taking a veiled dig at BJP veteran B S Yediyurappa, former minister V Somanna on Sunday said that his strategies Chincholi Assembly bypoll in 2019 were ‘far superior’ to those of which were deployed in the Kundgol by-election the same year.</p>.<p>BJP's Avinash Jadhav defeated Subhash Rathod of Congress in Chincholi while Congress' Kusumavati Shivalli won Kundgol seat.</p>.<p>Addressing a party legal cell’s meeting here, Somanna said that the party had deployed him for Chincholi bypoll while BJP top rung leaders like B S Yediyurappa, Pralhad Joshi and K S Eshwarappa led the campaign in Kundgol. </p>.<p>"I am proud to state here that winning the Chincholi by-election proved to be a game changer in 2019. Therefore, working for the party and listening to what the party high command says will never go waste in a party like BJP," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/i-want-to-be-karnataka-bjp-president-says-somanna-1230576.html" target="_blank">I want to be Karnataka BJP president, says Somanna</a></strong></p>.<p>Somanna said that he had been fighting elections for the last 45 years, contesting no less than 12 elections. "I had contested 8 to 9 by-elections and won most of them. In elections you win some, lose some. You shouldn't lose heart," he said. </p>.<p>Somanna's political career started as an independent, joined Janata Parivar and after a brief stint with the Congress he hopped to the BJP. </p>.<p>"In the last 15 years of my association with the BJP, I have carried out the tasks assigned by the party. I did not back down anytime. I am a committed party man and will listen to what the party says," he said.</p>
<p>Taking a veiled dig at BJP veteran B S Yediyurappa, former minister V Somanna on Sunday said that his strategies Chincholi Assembly bypoll in 2019 were ‘far superior’ to those of which were deployed in the Kundgol by-election the same year.</p>.<p>BJP's Avinash Jadhav defeated Subhash Rathod of Congress in Chincholi while Congress' Kusumavati Shivalli won Kundgol seat.</p>.<p>Addressing a party legal cell’s meeting here, Somanna said that the party had deployed him for Chincholi bypoll while BJP top rung leaders like B S Yediyurappa, Pralhad Joshi and K S Eshwarappa led the campaign in Kundgol. </p>.<p>"I am proud to state here that winning the Chincholi by-election proved to be a game changer in 2019. Therefore, working for the party and listening to what the party high command says will never go waste in a party like BJP," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/i-want-to-be-karnataka-bjp-president-says-somanna-1230576.html" target="_blank">I want to be Karnataka BJP president, says Somanna</a></strong></p>.<p>Somanna said that he had been fighting elections for the last 45 years, contesting no less than 12 elections. "I had contested 8 to 9 by-elections and won most of them. In elections you win some, lose some. You shouldn't lose heart," he said. </p>.<p>Somanna's political career started as an independent, joined Janata Parivar and after a brief stint with the Congress he hopped to the BJP. </p>.<p>"In the last 15 years of my association with the BJP, I have carried out the tasks assigned by the party. I did not back down anytime. I am a committed party man and will listen to what the party says," he said.</p>
