For B. Sriramulu, the Badami battle came as a special assignment by the BJP after Siddaramaiah chose the constituency as a back-up pocket-borough after things got a little tough in Chamundeshwari. Bengaluru:If Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is defeated in the Badami constituency of North Karnataka, his decline would most likely mean the rise of a giant killer—Ballary Sriramulu. Track Karnataka election results live updates hereIrrespective of what the results throw up in terms of who rules Karnataka, Sriramulu would have earned himself a big profile if he slays Siddaramaiah in Badami. The BJP fielded Sriramulu in 2014 and he won by nearly 85,000 votes. It was Sriramulu who was instrumental in getting the Yeddyurappa government to declare Valmiki Jayanti as a holiday in 2009,” Reddy says.

Source: Mint May 15, 2018 08:36 UTC