
Chamundeshwari did not allow Siddaramaiah a last hurrah. The chief minister lost the election to his former poll manager, GT Deve Gowda.
It showed up Siddaramaiah as a poor strategist, giving up his safe Varuna seat for his son, Yathindra, to test his luck from the choppy waters of Chamundeshwari. A father’s love for his son proved to be Siddaramaiah’s undoing.