<p class="title">Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa on Friday ruled out a midterm election amid speculation that the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government may not complete its full term. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Eshwarappa was responding to a recent prediction by the Kodi Mutt seer that the BJP government was short-lived. "I respect the seer and I welcome his prediction because whenever the polls will be held - four months or four years later - the BJP will come to power with a majority. But there will not be a midterm election and the government will complete its term,” Eshwarappa told reporters. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Former JD(S) minister Venkatarao Nadagouda, too, said midterm polls were unlikely and that “no one was ready for it.” </p>
<p class="title">Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa on Friday ruled out a midterm election amid speculation that the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government may not complete its full term. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Eshwarappa was responding to a recent prediction by the Kodi Mutt seer that the BJP government was short-lived. "I respect the seer and I welcome his prediction because whenever the polls will be held - four months or four years later - the BJP will come to power with a majority. But there will not be a midterm election and the government will complete its term,” Eshwarappa told reporters. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Former JD(S) minister Venkatarao Nadagouda, too, said midterm polls were unlikely and that “no one was ready for it.” </p>
