Dharwad: Even when BJP relates to the arrest power at HDMC and Congress interested in seizing it from BJP, the rebels in independent forms have come as thorns in meat in several wards.
The twin cities will go for polls on Friday and the efforts of the two national parties to make a retirement rebels from the commotion have not met with a lot of success.
Candidates from Janata Dal (s), AAM AAM ADMI, Uttama Prajajeeya and other small clothes have the potential to disappoint the calculation of the National Party by eating into the votes of these parties.
This has produced a difficult contest on several wards.
For former corporators who are now looking for re-election, it has become a prestige problem to maintain seats.
Environmental restrictions and reservations have forced some of them to change their constituencies while some have lost their bags which are their voting banks.
Ward No.
3 BJP leader IResh AnchataGeri faces Manjunath Naddatti his own party who has changed the rebels.
Former Corporator Shankar Shelke (BJP) must face two Tangguh candidates – Basavaraj Jadhav from Congress and Prakash Ghatge (Rebel Congress) – in Ward 8.
Ghatge, which has been declared the official Congress candidate, changed the rebels after he was rejected by the form eleventh.
All three belong to the Maratha community.
At Ward No.
14 This is a direct battle between Shambhu Salimani (Congress) and former Corporator of the Subhas Shindhe Congress (now BJP).
Shindhe, who aspires for Congress tickets, shifted to BJP last night after being rejected by a ticket by Congress and managed to become a BJP candidate.
Although there are 6,000 Muslim voters in the environment, Hindu voters contribute 4,000.
Shindhe claims to cut Muslim voices.
Contest Between Two Brahmana Candidates – Vishnu Korahalli (BJP) and Aniruddh Chinchore (Congress) – which is Greenhorn at Ward No.
15 which covers the nightdeal region dominated by Brahmin has caused curiosity.
Builder Shridhar Panajikar from JD (s) is also in Medan.
The ward was represented by Sanjay Kapatkar BJP and the party had to choose Korahalli at the last moment when Kapatkar decided to compete from Ward No.23.