Sriramulu to take on Siddaramaiah in Badami, both file nominations
Bengaluru: BJP’s Nayaka community leader B Sriramulu will take Chief Minister head on at Badami constituency in the May 12 Assembly polls.
Both Siddaramaiah and Sriramulu filed their nominations in the historic town on Tuesday. Incidentally, both the leaders are contesting from two constituencies.
Sriramulu has also filed nomination papers from Molakalmuru constituency in Chitradurga district. Badami is the second constituency for CM Siddaramaiah as he has also filed his nomination from Chamundeshwari, in Mysuru.
According to reports, Badami has a voter base of 2.5 lakh people, of which 55,000 are from Kuruba community. Another 46,000 are from other SC/ST communities, and 25,000 are Muslims.