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Aasiya left out of Kannada 13 captaincy race; Soundarya challenges team decision
October 14 Kannada reports describe Dhanush announcing Aasiya's exclusion from the captaincy contest after her team's choice, while Soundarya questioned the fairness of that decision.
A team decision has become the latest point of disagreement in Bigg Boss Kannada Season 13's captaincy competition. Kannada reports published on October 14 say contestant Aasiya was excluded from the week's captaincy race after members of her own team selected her name. Soundarya Shetty, despite being on the opposing side of the house's task division, publicly questioned whether the choice was fair.
The task separated housemates into groups, including a team whose members had to agree on one person to keep out of the captaincy contest. Reports say several members of that team named Aasiya. Prashanth argued that she could have performed better, while Dhanush said she had appeared to give up at points during the task. Aasiya rejected that assessment, saying she had not surrendered.
The accounts describe Dhanush, the current captain, announcing that Aasiya would be left out of the race. This was a captaincy-eligibility decision, not an eviction from the Bigg Boss house or a punishment independently imposed for a rule violation. The difference matters because the immediate consequence concerns a chance to compete for leadership rather than continued participation in the season.
Soundarya objected to excluding someone she believed had played well. Her response drew attention because she was not simply defending a member of her own task group. It put the spotlight on how teammates assess performance when a collective decision affects an individual's opportunity.
There are competing interpretations of the episode. Dhanush and other team members expressed dissatisfaction with Aasiya's performance; Soundarya and Aasiya challenged that view. Those are positions taken by contestants, not independently established judgments about who played best.
The reports reviewed do not establish the eventual captaincy winner. What is clear is the reported exclusion decision and the dispute it created over the criteria for choosing who should remain in contention.