Congress changes 6 names in Karnataka list

Ben ga lu ru: releasing the final list of candidates forth emay12k ar nat aka Assembly elections, the ruling congress on Sunday announced a change of candidates in six seats and selected nominees for five other seats.

Polling will be held in a single phase for 224 Assembly seats, including 36 reserved for the Scheduled Castes and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes. Votes will be counted on May 15.

“The central election committee has changed the nominees in six seats and selected candidates for five other seats,” Congress general secretary mu kulw as nik said in a statement here.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will contest from Badami in Vijayapura district in place of Devraj Patil in addition to Chamundeshwari in Mysuru.

HP Rajesh will contest from Jagalur (Reserved-scheduled Tribe) in Davanagere district instead of AL Pushpa; K. Shadakshari from Tiptur in Tumakuru in place of B. Nanjaman; KS Renu from Malleshwaram in Bengaluru northwest instead of KS Renu; M. Srinivas from Padmanabhanagar in Bengaluru southwest in place of B.G. Naidu; and KP Chandrakala from Madikeri in Kodagu instead of HS Chandra Mouli.

The candidates for five other seats are NH Harris from Shantinagar in Bengaluru; K. Inamdar from Kittur in Belagavi district; VD Katakdhond from Nagathan (SC); MN Sali from Sindgi in Vi jayapura; and say edy as in from rai ch ur in the state’s northwest region.

The Congress first list with 218 names was released on April 15 for elections to the 225-member house, including one nominated.

The party has decided not to field candidate from Melukote in Mandya district in support of Swaraj India candidate Darshan Puttanaiah, son of the state’s farmer leader late K.S. Puttanaiah, who was a legislator from the same seat.

The party replaced Madikeri nominee Chandra Mouli as he was lawyer to the fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, who fled the country in January after allegedly defrauding state-run Punjab National Bank along with his nephew Nirav Modi.

Yasin is the son-in-law of veteran party leader and former Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief.

Inamdar has been re-nominated from Kittur after he threatened to quit the party.

Harris, a two-time legislator from the prestigious Shantinagar segment in the city centre, also got re-nominated despite his son (Mohammad Nalapad) being in jail over a brawl at a city cafe on Feb.17.