Three Ministers’ children taste victory, three lose
The Hindu
Congress in Karnataka fielded Minister's children in Lok Sabha elections, resulting in wins for three candidates with comfortable margins.
With stakes being high, the Congress in Karnataka chose to field the wards of six Ministers in the Lok Sabha elections and it seems to have worked well in the case of three who have registered wins with comfortable margins.
The Congress fielded Sagar Khandre, son of Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre, in Bidar, Priyanka Jarkiholi, daughter of Minister for Public Works Satish Jarkiholi, in Chikkodi, Mrunal Hebbalkar, son of Minister for Woman and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar, in Belagavi, Samyukta Patil, daughter of Minister for Textile, Sugarcane Development and Agriculture Shivanand Patil, in Bagalkot, Sunil Bose, son of Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, in Chamarajanagar and Sowmya Reddy, former MLA and daughter of Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, in Bengaluru South.
Pitted against senior leaders, three among these have tasted success. The biggest win among these candidates was of Sunil Bose who scored a thumping victory from Chamarajanagar (reserved) constituency with a margin of 1.88 lakh votes. He secured 7,51,671 votes against BJP’s S. Balaraj who bagged 5,62,925 votes.
Describing his victory as historic, Mr. Bose said that he will strive to make Chamarajanagar a model Lok Sabha constituency and thanked the people of Chamarajanagar for giving him the opportunity.
Sagar Khandre, who was pitted against Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba, registered victory by a margin of 1.28 lakh votes. He foiled Mr. Khuba’s dream of a third win in a row. He secured 6,66,317 votes against Mr. Khuba’s 5,37,442 votes.
In Chikkodi, Priyanka Jarkiholi defeated incumbent MP Anna Saheb Jolle by a margin of 90,834 votes. Priyanka Jarkiholi secured 7,13,461 votes, while Mr. Jolle bagged 6,22,627 votes.
However, the children of three other Ministers, Samyukta Patil, Mrunal Hebbalkar and Sowmya Reddy, were not that fortunate.
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