The Indian National Congress ended the Bharatiya Janata Party’s three-decade hold on the Shiggaon assembly seat. Congress candidate Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan’s victory over Bharath Bommai, son of former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, was attributed to BJP’s internal conflicts and a strategic campaign by Congress that capitalized on community discontent.
Congress puts brakes on BJP’s Bharath Bommai era, reclaims Shiggaon after 30 years
