Mallikarjun Kharge's Son On List, Sidda Gets His Son's Seat: Cong Releases 124 Names for K'taka Polls

Meanwhile, the Congress is yet to announce any candidate for Siddaramaiah’s safe bet Kolar and his current seat Badami. It is speculated that Siddaramaiah may also contest polls from Kolar, as no candidate has been announced from the seat yet.

The Karnataka Assembly polls are scheduled to be held by May this year. The Congress is aiming to win at least 150 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly, to come to power in the state with a clear majority. The Congress is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in the southern state.

Former Union minister and Congress MP KH Muniyappa has stepped back in state politics and has been fielded from the Devanahalli constituency in Bangalore Rural.

The party has fielded former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara from the Koratagere (SC) constituency, while Priyank Kharge will contest from Chitapur (SC). Priyank is the son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress said the party will release the second list in the next three to four days. “Congress party has already cleared all the names that the central selection community and the screening community had cleared it. In the next three-four days, the second list will also be finalised,” DK Shivakumar told reporters in Bengaluru.

The List:

1. Chikkodi– Ganesh Hukkeri
2. Kagawad– Bharmgoud Alagowda Kage
3. Kudachi –Mahendra K. Thammannavar
4. Hukkeri– A B Patil
5. Yemkanmardi– Satish Laxmanrao Jarkiholi
6. Belgaum Rural– Smt. Laxmi Ravindra Hebbalkar
7. Khanapur– Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar
8. Bailhongal– Mahantesh Shivanand Koujalagi
9. Ramdurg– Ashok M. Pattan
10. Jamkhandi–Anand Siddu Nyamagouda
11. Hungund– Vijayanand S. Kashappanavar
12. Muddebihal–Appaji Alias CS Nadagowda
13. Basavana– Bagevadi Shivanada Patil
14. Babaleswar– M B Patil
15. Indi–Yashvanth Rayagoud V Patil
16. Jevargi– Dr. Ajay Dharam Singh
17. Shorapur –Rajavenkatappa Naik
18. Shahpur– Sharanabasappa Gowda
19. Chitapur–Priyank Kharge
20. Sedam– Dr. Sharanaprakash Patil
21. Chincholi –Subash V. Rathod
22. Gulbarga Uttar –Smt. Kaneez Fatima
23. Aland–B R Patil
24. Humnabad– Rajashekar B Patil
25. Bidar South– Ashok Kheny
26. Bidar –Rahim Khan
27. Bhalki– Eshwar Khandre
28. Raichur Rural–Basanagouda Daddal
29. Maski–Basanagouda Thurvihal
30. Kushtagi –Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur
31. Kanakagiri–Shivaraj Sangappa Thangadagi
32. Yelburga– Basavaraj Rayareddi
33. Koppal– K. Raghavendra
34. Gadag– H.K. Patil
35. Ron— G.S Patil
36. Hubli – Dharwad-East–Prasad Abbayya
37. Haliyal –R.V.Deshapande
38. Karwar –Satish Krishna Sail
39. Bhatkal– Mankal Subba Vidya
40. Hangal– Srinivas V. Mane
41. Haveri–Rudrappa Lamani
42. Byadgi –Basavaraj N. Shivannanar
43. Hirekerur– U.B. Banakar
44. Ranibennur– Prakash K. Koliwad
45. Hadagalli–P.T. Parameshwara Naik
46. Hagaribommanahalli — L.B.P. Bheema Naik
47. Vijayanagara– H.R. Gaviyappa
48. Kampli–J.N. Ganesh
49. Bellary — B. Nagendra
50. Sandur — E. Thukaram
51. Challakere –T. Raghumurthy
52. Hiriyur –D. Sudhakar
53. Hosadurga– Govindappa B.G
54. Davanagere North– S.S. Mallikarjun
55. Davanagere South– Shamanur Shivashankrappa
56. Mayakonda—K.S. Basavaraju
57. Bhadravati– Sangameshwara B.K.
58. Sorab S. Madhu Bangarappa
59. Sagar– Gopalakrishnna Bulur
60. Byndoor– K Gopal Pujari
61. Kundapura– M. Dinesh Hegde
62. Kapu– Vinaya Kumar Sorake
63. Sringeri– T.D. Rajegowda
64. Chikanayakanhalli –Kiran Kumar
65. Tiptur– K Shadakshari
66. Turuvekere– Kanthraj B.M
67. Kunigal –Dr. H.D. Ranganath
68. Koratagere –Dr. G. Parameshwara
69. Sira– T.B. Jaya Chandra
70. Pavagada– H.V. Venkatesh
71. Madhugiri– K.N. Rajanna
72. Gauribidanur– Shivashankar Reddy N.H
73. Bagepalli– S.N. Subba Reddy
74. Chintamani –Dr. M.C. Sudhakar
75. Srinivaspur– K.R. Ramesh Kumar
76. Kolar Gold Field — Smt. Roopakala M
77. Bangarapet — S.N. Narayanaswamy
78. Malur –K.Y. Nanje Gowda
79. Byatarayanapura– Krishna Byregowda
80. Rajarajeshwarinagar– Smt. Kusuma H
81. Malleshwaram– Anup Iyengar
82. Hebbal– Suresha B.S
83. Sarvagnanagar– K.J. George
84. Shivajinagar –Rizwan Arshad
85. Shanti Nagar– N.A. Haris
86. Gandhi Nagar –Dinesh Gundu Rao
87. Rajaji Nagar –Puttanna
88. Govindraj Nagar –Priyakrishnna
89. Vijay Nagar– M. Krishnamppa
90. Chamrajpet– B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan
91. Basavanagudi– U.B. Venkatesh
92. B T M Layout– Ramalinga Reddy
93. Jayanagar– Smt. Sowmya R
94. Mahadevapura –Nagesh T
95. 95 177 Anekal– B. Shivanna
96. Hosakote– Sharath Kumar Bachegowda
97. Devanahalli –K.H. Muniyappa
98. Doddaballapur— T. Venkataramaiah
99. Nelamangala — Srinivasaiah N
100. Magadi– H.C. Balakrishna
101. Ramanagaram– Iqbal Hussain H A
102. Kanakapura –D.K. Shivakumar
103. Malavalli — P.M. Narendraswamy
104. Shrirangapattana– A. B. Ramesh Bandisiddegowda
105. Nagamangala –N. Chaluvarayaswamy
106. Holenarasipur– Shreyas M. Patel
107. Sakleshpur–Murali Mohan
108. Belthangady– Rakshith Shivaram
109. Moodabidri –Mithun M. Rai
110. Mangalore– U.T. Abdul Khader Ali Fareed
111. Bantval– Ramanatha Rai B
112. Sullia–Krishnappa G
113. Virajpet– A.S. Ponnanna
114. Piriyapatna– K. Ventakesh
115. Krishnarajanagara– D. Ravishankar
116. Hunsur– H.P. Manjunath
117. Heggadadevankote–Anil Kumar C
118. Nanjanagud–Darshan Dhruvyanarayana
119. Narasimharaja– Tanveer Sait
120. Varuna– Siddaramaiah
121. T. Narasipur— H. C. Mahadevappa
122. Hanur– R. Narendra
123. Chamarajanagar– C. Puttaranga Shetty
124. Gundlupet–H.M. Ganesh Parasad

The party’s central election committee cleared the first list of candidates after a meeting in Delhi on March 17. The committee is chaired by Congress chief Kharge. Rahul Gandhi was also present at the meeting.

The Congress is the first party to release its candidates’ list for the elections in Karnataka. The Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for assembly polls in the southern state.

Assembly polls in Karnataka are slated before May when the tenure of the current assembly ends.

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