Triple test for Siddaramaiah: Bypoll results may impact CM's standing

Mr Siddaramaiah was welcomed into the Congress -- along with a handful of Assembly members, all of whom had to be accommodated in subsequent elections

In the middle of all the excitement about the Assembly byelections in Uttar Pradesh (nine seats), to be held on November 13, there is little discussion about the three bypolls in Karnataka. Beleaguered Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s political credibility will be tested by the outcome. And cries that he must resign will become shriller if the Congress loses them.

 

That the Mysuru Urban Development Authority land scandal has hurt the chief minister’s authority is an understatement. His wife was allocated plots in Mysore, allegedly in lieu of the land she gave up for the development of Mysuru to the authority. However,