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Karnataka: Siddaramaiah, Shivkumar figure in Cong’s first list

The Congress has released the first list of 124 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, scheduled to be held in May this year. Names of former chief minister and leader of opposition Siddaramaiah, and state party president DK Shivakumar are present in the first list. The party has decided to field the former CM from the Varuna assembly seat in Mysuru, which is his home constituency, and KPCC chief DK Shivakumar from Kanakapura. “The CEC has selected the following persons as Congress candidates for the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka,” the AICC press release said.Priyank Kharge, son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, will contest from Chitapur. MB Patil and Dinesh Gundurao have been given tickets from Babaleswar and Gandhinagar constituencies, respectively. The party has dropped sitting MLA Venkataramanappa and has given a ticket to a new candidate. BJP MLC Puttanna, who quit the party, got the ticket from Rajajinagar and former Union Minister KH Muniyappa will contest from Devanahalli seat. Out of 124 candidates fielded by the Congress, 28 per cent candidates are from Lingayats, 22 per cent are from Vokkaligas, 22 per cent from Scheduled caste and 10 per cent from Scheduled Tribe.

The Congress is the second party to release its candidates' list for the crucial elections in Karnataka after the Aam Aadmi Party, which released its first list, comprising 80 candidates, on Monday. The Election Commission is yet to announce the dates for the assembly polls.

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