All eyes on Congress star campaigners list for polls

The Congress is yet to release the list of its star campaigners for the assembly polls in which Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka are likely to be included.

All eyes will be on the names of the leaders led by Ghulam Nabi Azad whose Rajya Sabha term ended recently.

Besides, if leaders like Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Bhupinder Singh Hooda make it into the list of the Congress' star campaigners, it would imply that the party has tried to make peace with the group.

Veerappa Moily has been asked to look after the management of the Tamil Nadu election while Prithviraj Chavan has been made Assam screening committee Chairman.

Others like Jitin Prasada have been accommodated in the organisation.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Congress MLA BK Sangamesh shocked the Assembly that commenced its Budget session on Thursday when he removed his shirt as a mark of protest during the ‘ One Nation One Election’ debate that was taking place ahead of CM BS Yediyurappa’s second budget presentation. When several warnings went unheeded, Speaker VH Kageri suspended him from attending the Assembly for seven days. When the Speaker decided to hold a discussion on the ‘ One Nation One Election’ issue, the Congress MLAs walked down to the well of the Assembly and started to protest. It was then that Sangamesh, a legislator from Bhadravathi constituency, took off his shirt. Congress state president DK Shivakumar rushed to Sangamesh and urged him to put his shirt back. A livid Speaker Kageri told Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah to control his MLA.