Yogesh K Porwar & Sunil Lohan
Confident people will bless me,seeing my father’s development work,says Bharat Bommai
Bharat Bommai,the BJP candidate from the Shiggaon-Savanur constituency,expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, National President J.P. Nadda,Union Home Minister Amit Shah,and state in-charge Radhamohan Agarwal for selecting him as the candidate for the Shiggaon-Savanur constituency which will soon go to polls along with two other assembly constituencies in Karnataka.
Speaking to the media on Sunday, he thanked the central leaders for their trust in him and also extended his gratitude to the state leaders,including former CM B.S. Yediyurappa, BJP state president Vijayendra, and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi.
Bharat said, “I owe this opportunity mainly to the blessings of my parents. Our party leaders have recognized the development work my father accomplished during his four terms as MLA in Shiggaon-Savanur and have given me this ticket as per the expectations of the people.
I will continue all the development works my father initiated and will always stand with the people of Shiggaon-Savanur in their joys and sorrows.”
Asked about the criteria on which he was given the ticket, Bharat said he did not ask for the ticket. The senior leaders have made a decision based on their calculations, and he is committed to that decision Since 2018, he has been working in elections on behalf of his father.
In the 2023 assembly elections, he went door-to-door campaigning for him. During the MP elections, he toured the entire constituency and worked on his behalf. He has maintained contact with all the people of
Shiggaon-Savanur, and when his father was a minister and then the Chief Minister. I did whatever work was in my capacity.”
He said that although many people aspired to the ticket from the Shiggaon-Savanur constituency, they are all united with him. “
We will face the election together and achieve victory. Any by-election is challenging, but I am confident that the people of Shiggaon-Savanur will bless me, seeing the work done by my father and the work I have done alongside him.”
