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Jarkiholi Brothers Suffer Major Setback in Hukkeri Coop Polls as Ramesh Katti's Swabhimani Panel Sweeps Elections

This is the first significant electoral setback for the Jarkiholi brothers in the past two and half decades.

Bengaluru: Former MP Ramesh Katti-led 'Swabhimani Panel' has swept the fiercely fought elections to the Hukkeri Rural Electricity Cooperative Society causing a huge embarrassment to politically powerful Jarkiholi brothers and former MP Annasaheb Jolle.

Riding on the 'Locals Vs Outsiders' sentiment, the Katti panel won all the 15 seats in the elections held on Sunday. The counting of votes was held late on Sunday night. The election, which could have been a non-event in the normal circumstances, grabbed the attention of the state with the

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