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Former Tumakuru MP Muddahanumegowda rejoins Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls

DK Shivakumar said that the pro-people approach of the Congress was attracting more people into the party.

Published Feb 22, 2024 | 8:27 PM ⚊ Updated Feb 22, 2024 | 8:27 PM

Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar welcoming Muddahanumegowda to Congress. (Supplied)

Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, former Member of Parliament from Tumakuru SP Muddahanumegowda resigned from the BJP and returned to the Congress fold on Thursday, 22 February.

He was welcomed back to the grand old party by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar at the party’s state office.

He is likely to be the face of the Congress in the Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. With his candidature, Congress is confident of winning Tumakuru seat.

Ahead of the #LokSabhaElection2024, former Tumakuru MP SP Muddahanumegoda quit the @BJP4India and pledged allegiance to the @INCIndia in #Bengaluru.

CM @siddaramaiah and DyCM @DKShivakumar welcomed Muddahanumegowda to the cadre at the state party office on Thursday.

He is… pic.twitter.com/gRYzqOzGeY

— South First (@TheSouthfirst) February 22, 2024

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CM, DyCM welcome Muddahanumegowda

Welcoming Muddahanumegowda back to the party, Shivakumar — also the party’s state president — said that the pro-people approach of the Congress was attracting more people into the party.

“Believing in the principles and doctrines of the Congress, former MP Muddahanumegowda joined the party today at Bharat Jodo Bhavan in Bengaluru. I warmly welcome him and wish him well,” he wrote in a post on X.

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ತತ್ವ, ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸವಿಟ್ಟು ಮಾಜಿ ಸಂಸದರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಮುದ್ದಹನುಮೇಗೌಡ ಅವರು ಇಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಭಾರತ್ ಜೋಡೋ ಭವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಕ್ಷ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆಗೊಂಡರು. ಅವರನ್ನು ಆತ್ಮೀಯವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿ ಶುಭ ಹಾರೈಸಿದೆ.

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್‌ ಒಂದು ಪಕ್ಷ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಬದಲಾಗಿ ಅದು ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ವರ್ಗದವರ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ… pic.twitter.com/wGGdIAtXDl

— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) February 22, 2024

“Participated in Muddahanumegowda’s Congress Party joining program organised at the District Congress Office and wished him well,” wrote Siddaramaiah on X.

ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಛೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ " ಮುದ್ದಹಮುಮೇಗೌಡ ಅವರ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ" ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿ, ಅವರನ್ನು ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಬರಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಶುಭ ಹಾರೈಸಿದೆ. pic.twitter.com/xQKPHReZMF

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) February 22, 2024

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Political career

Born in Tumakuru in Karnataka, Muddahanumegowda represented the Kunigal constituency in Karnataka Assembly from Congress twice.

In 2014, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tumakuru constituency. Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Tumakuru seat was allotted to JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda as part of an alliance agreement.

However, Muddahanumegowda filed two nominations for himself from the seat — one as an independent and another under the Congress banner. Subsequent discussions with party leaders resulted in him withdrawing the nominations.

Deve Gowda was defeated by BJP candidate GS Basaavaraj.

In November 2022, Muddahanumegowda resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP.