Congress and JDS are fighting in a constituency where BJP is strong

Congress and JDS are fighting in a constituency where BJP is strong

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: After the formation of the C.V.Raman Nagar Assembly Constituency, it has been winning and strong constituency for BJP. S. Raghu has won a hat trick, has immense hold on the constituency as he is very close to the people. Congress is gearing up again to resist the BJP, which has been increasing its vote share from term to term. JDS is looking for a candidate.

C.V.Ramannagar Constituency is like a 'mini India' including people from all parts of the country. People from all states are here as there are offices related to defense sector, air force. It also has the coverage of prestigious Indira Nagar including New Thippsandra, Old Madras Road, Visvesvaraya Metro Station.

C.V.Ramannagar was formed as a new Assembly Constituency by combining the areas of Bharatinagar and Varthur Assembly Constituencies. C.V.Ramannagar is SC reserved constituency where BJP is deeply entrenched. It has increased by more than five thousand votes per term in the last three elections. Congress and JD(S) have tried hard to stop Raghu's influence in the last three times but failed. In 2008, Congress's K.C. Vijayakumar, P. in 2013. Ramesh, Sampath Raj lost in 2018. P. Ramesh came to JDS in 2018 and was able to bring more votes to the party than before. Former mayors Vijayakumar and Sampathraj contested from Congress and fought hard.

Hospitals and educational institutions have increased in this area and the government and corporation system is also becoming high-tech in this area. The citizens had a lot of trouble when the CMH road and 100 feet road of Indira Nagar became concrete roads. Politically, BJP's corporators were more in 6 wards. There is still an expectation of sophisticated systems in terms of development for the prestigious sector.

S. Raghu who has won three times. He is going to be the BJP candidate and has already started campaigning ahead of the development works of the previous periods. There are meetings with people every day. On the other hand, the fact that the ticket is final makes it difficult for the opposition parties to conduct activities.

This time Congress has decided to put more effort and 8 aspirants have applied. Some were dropped in the screening committee rounds and now S. Anandkumar, R. Sampathraj, V. Shankar is in the final stage. The selection of candidate in JDS is not finalised.

 Details of Election Votes

 Parties;      2018;     2013;     2008

 BJP;            58,792;  53,284;  47,369

 Congress; 46,593;  44,908;  30,714

 JDS;            20,463;     3,169;    8,711

 Details of current voters

 Males; 1,38,654

 Women; 1,24,595

 Gender minorities; 118

 Total; 2,63,367

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