17 April bypolls crucial for BSY, Shivakumar, Siddhu

These include chief minister B S Yeddiyurappa, BJP, and two Congress leaders in former chief minister Siddaramiah and the state unit head of the party D K Shivakumar. Even H D Kumaraswamy of the JD-S, another former chief minister, has put everything at stake in the Basvakalayan Assembly seat from where his candidate is contesting.