Siddaramaiah Loses 25 Party Leaders From His Home Turf to JD(S)

The leaders have defected days after JD(S) leaders challenged to defeat Siddaramaiah in his own constituency.

The rivalry with his former party, the Janata Dal (Secular), is coming back to haunt Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as he prepares for the big Assembly elections in the state.

After JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy challenged that he would defeat Siddaramaiah in his own constituency, 25 booth-level Congress leaders in the Chamundeshwari constituency of Mysuru, from where Siddaramaiah is expected to contest, defected to the JD(S) on Wednesday, 4 April.

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