The Congress has nominated B V Rajeev Gowda from Sidlaghatta, changing sitting MLA V Muniyappa.
The different candidates introduced are: Mohammed Shalam for Raichur, S Anand Kumar from C V Raman Nagar, H P Sridhar Gowda from Arkalgud and Inayath Ali from Mangalore City North.
With this, the Congress has fielded candidates for all of the 224 Assembly segments within the state.
The Congress on Wednesday evening had introduced its fifth list of three candidates, and had changed the candidate in opposition to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Shiggaon.
A day after fielding Mohammed Yousuf Savanur as its candidate from Shiggaon in Haveri district, the social gathering nominated Yasir Ahmed Khan Phatan in his place.
The social gathering has fielded A C Srinivasa from Pulakeshinagar by denying a ticket to sitting MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, who on Wednesday filed nomination as an impartial candidate after it was clear that he is not going to be re-nominated. Murthy, a Dalit, had received the 2018 Assembly elections with the very best margin of 81,626 votes, making a report. His home together with the DJ Halli police station was torched by a violent mob in August 2020, over a social media submit shared by his relative.
In Bengaluru’s Okay R Puram, Congress has fielded D Okay Mohan in opposition to BJP’s Byrathi Basavaraj, a Minister within the Basavaraj Bommai authorities.
Interestingly, Byrathi Basavaraj had received the seat on a Congress ticket within the 2018 Assembly polls. He was among the many 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs who resigned, which had led to the collapse of the coalition authorities and paved the way in which for BJP to come back to energy in 2019. In the next bypolls, he received on a BJP ticket.
In Mulbagal, the social gathering has fielded B C Muddugangadhar. In 2018, the seat was received by impartial candidate H Nagesh, who’s now the Congress candidate from Mahadevapura section in Bengaluru.
Scrutiny of nominations will happen on April 21, and the final day for the withdrawal of candidature is April 24.
