Mysuru, Jul 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the 2018 polls would be is "most probably" his last election and indicated that he may switch to Chamundeshwari which gave him political rebirth by electing him in the crucial bypoll of 2006.
“The upcoming election is likely to be my last, and thus, I want to contest from Chamundeshwari, from where I have won five times,” Siddaramaiah said while speaking to reporters at his residence in the city on Saturday.
However, he said, the high command will decide on the candidature of his son Dr Yathindra from Varuna Assembly constituency.
The CM sought to take on the BJP on its Hindutva plank, asserting that he is also a Hindu. "I'm also a Hindu. What is my name? It is Sidda-Rama. I'm also 100% Hindu," the CM said, accusing the BJP of pushing its Hindutva agenda in Karnataka.
Referring to communal tension in Dakshina Kannada, he said it is an attempt to polarize voters in an election year, and asserted that he is also a Hindu but unlike the BJP, he is not trying to divide the people. The BJP is trying to replicate its success in Uttar Pradesh by polarizing voters, which the CM said will not be allowed in Karnataka.
"BJP leaders are visiting Karnataka and calling themselves 'vistarakas'. What does it mean? It is extension of the Hindutva agenda," he said.
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