Who are the major CM candidates in K'taka Assembly election?
The ruling Congress has projected incumbent CM Siddaramaiah as its chief ministerial candidate in Karnataka while the BJP's candidate is its ex-CM BS Yeddyurappa. Siddaramaiah earlier served as the state's Deputy Chief Minister in 1996 and later joined Congress in 2006. Yeddyurappa was an RSS worker who went on to become BJP's first CM in a southern state.