Giving every indication that he intends to contest from two seats, both Badami in Bagalkot in the north as well as in his preferred seat of Chamundeshwari, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he would take a decision on a second constituency by Saturday morning after a discussion with Congress president, Rahul Gandhi.

Asked if  he was interested in Badami as intelligence reports for Chamundeswari had given it a thumbs down, the CM said, I had said no to the high command. But several leaders from North Karnataka, including S.R Patil, M.R. Patil, Thimmapura, J.T. Patil, and Meti, came to meet me yesterday and this morning too and  continued to insist that I should contest from Badami. And so I have informed the  high command about their views and said I would abide by its decision.