<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that voters in the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency would decide his fate in the forthcoming Assembly elections.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah launched his five-day campaign from Lingambudipalya, accompanied by minister H C Mahadevappa and M P Dhruva Narayana.</p>.<p>He came down heavily on the state JD (S) president H D Kumaraswamy and said: "Kumaraswamy doesn't have Chamundeshwari votes in his pocket to repeatedly claim that I would be defeated despite repeated and intense," Siddaramaiah added.</p>.<p>The chief minister said that Kumaraswamy had campaigned against him in the 2006 Assembly constituency, but he went on to win.</p>.<p>"The 2006 result will be repeated in 2018," Siddaramaiah expressed confidence.</p>.<p>"In a democratic country, nobody should make such statements. Wasn't he defeated when he contested against former chief minister M Veerappa Moily?" the chief minister sought to know.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah claimed that he had never stated that he would contest from Badami Assembly constituency.</p>.<p>"I will enter the fray only from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency and will file nomination papers on April 20," he told reporters.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah was accompanied by minister H C Mahadevappa and M P Dhruva Narayana.</p>
<p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that voters in the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency would decide his fate in the forthcoming Assembly elections.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah launched his five-day campaign from Lingambudipalya, accompanied by minister H C Mahadevappa and M P Dhruva Narayana.</p>.<p>He came down heavily on the state JD (S) president H D Kumaraswamy and said: "Kumaraswamy doesn't have Chamundeshwari votes in his pocket to repeatedly claim that I would be defeated despite repeated and intense," Siddaramaiah added.</p>.<p>The chief minister said that Kumaraswamy had campaigned against him in the 2006 Assembly constituency, but he went on to win.</p>.<p>"The 2006 result will be repeated in 2018," Siddaramaiah expressed confidence.</p>.<p>"In a democratic country, nobody should make such statements. Wasn't he defeated when he contested against former chief minister M Veerappa Moily?" the chief minister sought to know.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah claimed that he had never stated that he would contest from Badami Assembly constituency.</p>.<p>"I will enter the fray only from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency and will file nomination papers on April 20," he told reporters.</p>.<p>Siddaramaiah was accompanied by minister H C Mahadevappa and M P Dhruva Narayana.</p>
