Though many numbers are doing the rounds in the media on how many votes Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar got as choice for Chief Minister, a senior legislator told TNM that it was not a ballot of that sort.
Instead of reacting to what BJP was doing, the Congress focussed on development, elaborating on how the issue of rising prices, poor infrastructure and shrinking incomes was not being addressed by the BJP sufficiently.
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, state president DK Shivakumar, senior leaders MB Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, Dr G Parameshwara, RV Deshapande, and HK Patil are in the race for the CM's post.
When asked about the controversy over Bajrang Bali in Karnataka, Baghel said, “Now you can see with whom Bajrang Bali is! Bajrang Bali’s Gadha (Indian mace) fell on the head of corruption and BJP is done in Karnataka.”