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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Former Karnataka CM Veerappa Moily loses, BJP candidate wins by big margin

Lok Sabha 2019
Veerappa Moily lost to BJP's BN Bache Gowda by a margin of 1,82,110 votes in Chikkballapur.
Congress leader Veerappa Moily who served as Chief Minister of Karnataka between 1992 and 1994 has lost in his Chikkballapur Lok Sabha constituency with 5,63,802 votes. BJP’s BN Bache Gowda’s vote count currently stands at 7,45,912. The margin of the latter’s victory is 1,82,110 votes. Chikkabllapur has always been a stronghold of the Congress with Veerappa Moily himself winning in the last two Lok Sabha elections in 2009 and 2014. In 2014, his win came with a narrow margin of 9,520 votes with BJP’s BN Bache Gowda closely following him. He was first elected from Karkala in Udupi district as an MLA in 1992. He won from there six consecutive times. The former Petroleum minister first became a minister in the DevrajUrs cabinet. He was the Minister of State for Small Scale industries and held the position from 1974-77. After Bangarappa resigned in 1992, he became the chief minister of Karnataka. In 2009, he became the Chikkballapur MP. He was a cabinet minister from 2009 and 2014 and held both, Law and Justice as well as Corporate Affairs portfolios. Another portfolio he held is Finance and Planning (1980-1984) in Karnataka. Moily had chaired the Tax Reforms Commission (2000-2002) and the Revenue Reforms Commission (2002-2004). Between 2006 and 2009, he was the chairperson of the Oversight Committee for implementation of 27% reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions. Veerappa Moily is presently the Union Minister of Corporate Affairs. The minister was also embroiled in controversy in 2014 when the Anti-Corruption Branch of New Delhi named him, Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani, former Minister Murli Deora and former Director-General of Hydrocarbons VK Sibal for allegedly colluding to fix natural gas prices. They were accused of inflating gas prices to be costlier than the production cost, as well as capping production before capacity level to seek upward revision. Read: Lok Sabha 2019: Landslide for NDA, Narendra Modi all set to become PM again ‘Solid slap on my face,’ says Prakash Raj on losing in Bengaluru Central Jagan all set to become Andhra CM as TDP faces a rout in state assembly Not all losers are losers, says Mamata Banerjee as she congratulates winners DMK+ all set to sweep Tamil Nadu in Lok Sabha polls, AIADMK leading in just 1 seat Kerala headed for a Congress sweep, experts say Sabarimala worked against Pinarayi
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