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Amid speculations that the Congress may choose a candidate who does not belong to any faction in Kolar district for Lok Sabha polls, senior party leader and Minister K H Muniyappa on Friday warned that such plans will not be result-oriented..
He urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D K Shivakumar to unite factions led by him and former Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, to ensure Congress' victory in the Kolar Lok Sabha segment.a...
Five Congress legislators including a Minister on Wednesday threatened to resign if the Lok Sabha ticket is given to Muniyappa's son-in-law Chikka Peddanna to contest from Kolar, bringing into open the divisions in the outfit..
Speaking to reporters here, he said, it was earlier decided unanimously at a meeting to which Ramesh Kumar was also a party, that all leaders from the region will work together, keeping aside past differences to win in Kolar and Chikkaballapur constituencies, and everyone will abide by the party decision..
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar on Thursday held a meeting with the lawmakers from Kolar who had threatened to resign over possible candidacy of Muniyappas son-in-law Chikka Peddanna, and wanted someone from the SC (Right) sect to be fielded..
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