Siddaramaiah: 'Yediyurappa will have to resign after K'taka bypolls'

As results of assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana are becoming clearer, Congress leer and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said current Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will have to resign post by-elections on 15 seats to be held in Karnataka on December 5. "As far as Karnataka is concerned, this (rebel MLAs losing) will repeat in all 15 constituency by-polls. We will win majority of seats. situation will be such that Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will have to resign," Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bengaluru.

'People will make sure defectors lose in Karnataka'

Siddaramaiah h earlier said that though it is unclear wher results of Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections will have any effect on by-polls scheduled for Karnataka, he asserted that voters would make rebel MLAs lose. "I cant say that se election results will affect by-polls here, but people will make sure defectors lose here. In Maharashtra also people have me sure defectors lose in polls," Siddaramaiah said. "In Gujarat by-polls same thing has happened," Siddaramaiah ded.

While BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has mand to retain Maharashtra, Haryana is seeing a close contest between two national parties, with BJP winning 39 seats and leing in one while Congress has won 31 seats out of total 90 seats in state, according to Election Commission of India's latest anuncement at time of publishing this article.

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By-elections in Karnataka to be held on December 5

By-elections to 15 assembly seats in Karnataka are scheduled to be held on December 5. Earlier, by-elections in Karnataka were scheduled to be held on October 21 in 15 constituencies that were vacated by rebel MLAs of Congress and JD(S). However, election date was later shifted to December 5 by Election Commission. Polling in 15 Assembly constituencies namely Athani, Kagw, Gokak, Yellapur, Hirekerur, Ranibennur, Vijayanagara, Chikkaballapur, K R Pura, Yeshvanthapura, Mahalakshmi, Shivajinagar, Hosakote, Krishnarajpet, and Hunsur, will be conducted from 7 am to 6 pm on date set by EC.

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(With ANI inputs)