A veteran politician and a strong Chief Ministerial candidate Siddaramaiah, is pitted against a fresher who served as a private assistant to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa for long.
Heavyweight Yeddyurappa has vowed to defeat Siddaramaiah through Ka Pu Siddalingaswamy who served him well in the ups and downs of his tumultous political career.
"Let him first win in Varuna", Yeddyurappa, who quit the BJP late last year and floated his own regional outfit Karnataka Janatha Paksha, has challenged Siddaramaiah more than once in recent days, giving the electoral contest the tag of being prestigious.
But Siddaramaiah, a seasoned politician that he is, it seems, is peaking at the right time, conducting whirlwind tours of the constituency towards the fag end of the campaigning. "I will win. That's 100 per cent sure".
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