Bengaluru: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday released the 2nd list of 41 candidates while leaving Melukote seat for Darshan Puttannaiah of Sarvodaya Karnataka Party for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections. The assembly polls are scheduled for May 10 while counting will be held on May 13. In the 2nd list of the Congress candidates for the upcoming polls, the Congress has included four SC candidates and two ST candidates.
The Congress has fielded Kakasaheb Patil from Nippani seat, Mahantesh Kadadi from Gokak, Babasaheb D. Patil from Kittur, Vishwas Vasant Vaidya from Saundatti Yellamma, Ramappa Balappa Timmapur from Mudhol (SC) and J.T. Patti from Bilgi. From Badami from where former chief minister Siddaramaiah had contested in the 2018 election, the Congress had fielded Bheemasen B. Chimmannakatti.
In a bid to accommodate turncoats, the Congress party has fielded former BJP MLC Baburao Chinchansur from Gurmitkal, from where he has been a three-time MLA. Likewise, former BJP MLA N.Y. Gopalakrishna, who joined the Congress a few days ago ahs been fielded from Molakalmuru, a ST seat. Among the Congress candidates in the 2nd list, Hullappa Y. Meti has been fielded from Bagalkot, Abdul Hameed Kajasaheb Mushrtf from Bijapur City, Vitthal Katakadhond from Nagthan (SC), M.Y. Patil from Afzalpur, Channareddy Patil Tunnur from Yadgir, Allamaprabhu Patil from Gulbarga Dakshin, Vijay Dharam Singh from Basavakalyan, lqbal Ansari from Gangawati, B.R. Yavagal from Nargund, Vinay Kulkami from Dharwad, Santosh S. Lad from Kalghatgi and Bhimanna Naik from Sirsi.
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The Congress has left the Melukote seat for Darshan Puttannaiah of Sarvodaya Karnataka Party. The Congress had released the first list of 124 candidates for the Karnataka assembly elections on Mar. 25. The party has fielded former chief minister Siddaramaiah from his Varuna seat. Pradesh Congress Committee chief DK Shivakumar has been fielded by the party from his Kanakapura assembly constituency.
Priyank Kharge, son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will contest from Chitapur (SC) seat.
