After backward classes leader Siddaramaiah, it seems to be former chief minister S M Krishnas turn to get upset over his demands not being met in Congress selections for the Karnataka assembly seats even as angry reactions against the first list of names has shocked the party high command.
According to Congress sources, the former Maharashtra governor, who quit the gubernatorial office to rejoin politics, was said to have left the capital in a huff as some of his supporters he has proposed as candidates, have not been accommodated.
Although the name for Chickpet seat, from where his supporter R V Devaraj wants to contest, has not been announced, it is understood that former Bangalore mayor P R Ramesh has been favoured for it.
Besides, another Krishna supporter, Muddahanume Gowda, who was demanding ticket for Kunigal seat, has been ignored. These two issues are said to have upset the veteran leader.
Some of the candidates he proposed for his home district of Mandya were also said to have been denied nomination. Krishna himself is not contesting but then the party perhaps wants him to be free for campaigning. Krishna was disappointed earlier itself as he was not accommo-dated in the two senior-level committees: Central screening committee and Central election committee which decide the party candidates.
