Bengaluru sources have made a statement that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday indicated that the 2018 assembly polls could "most likely" be his last election. He also hinted at choosing Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru the place that gave him 'political rebirth' for the election. Siddaramiah said "People in Chamundeshwari have made him win five times so the people from there are asking him to contest from that constituency".
Sources have stated that previously during the 2013 assembly polls, Mr. Siddaramaiah had said that it was his last election and that the Congress has already announced that Mr. Siddaramaiah would be the party's face during the 2018 Assembly polls.
Making his debut in the Assembly in 1983, Mr. Siddaramaiah got elected
from Chamundeshwari on a Lok Dal Party ticket. He has won from the constituency
five times and seen defeat twice. Currently speculations are rife that the
chief minister is keen on fielding Yatindra from Varuna, who is "taking
care" of the constituency on his father's behalf.
