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Shivakumar heads to Hiriyur as Congress and BJP gear up for a bypoll with a deadline
Karnataka Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar visits Hiriyur on Tuesday to launch development works, including a Rs 244 crore project to fill 16 tanks and the Gayatri reservoir. The seat fell vacant after the death of MLA D. Sudhakar on May 10. A bypoll must be declared within six months, a deadline that ends on November 10. BJP state president B. Y. Vijayendra said the NDA wants the seat and will discuss a joint candidate with JD(S) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy.
Rebellion brewing in Congress, claims BJP's Vijayendra
BJP State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra says dissidence in the ruling Congress has hit a flashpoint and leaders and MLAs are set to revolt against Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. He, however, rules out any BJP attempt to topple the government, and keeps the door open on joining the all-party drought delegation to Delhi.