Congress’ first list finalised, Siddaramaiah to contest from Chamundeshwari

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New Delhi, April 13, 2018 (News18): Congress’s first list of candidates has been finalised. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will contest from Chamundeshwari while no decision has been taken yet on Badami seat. The party has decided that Siddaramaiah’s son Dr. Yatheendra will contest from Varuna. Children of PWD Minister H C Mahadevappa, Home minister Ramalingareddy and Kolar MP K H Muniyappa will also contest the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls.

The Central Election Committee (CEC), presided over by party chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday held several round of discussion till evening and finalised the first list at Sonia Gandhi’s residence.

Parameshwara told reporters after the meeting. There is a possibility of releasing candidates for about 136 constituencies out of 224 in the state, the sources said. The CEC is believed to have discussed whether to give tickets to all the 122 sitting Congress MLAs, 7 JD(S) and 2 BJP and other independent leaders who joined the party fold recently, they said.

The sources also said that the KPCC chief has sought two tickets - one from the Koratagere constituency in Tumkur district, the seat which he had lost in 2013, and the other is the Pulakeshinagar constituency in Bengaluru, from where JD(S) MLA joined the Congress recently.