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BJP, Congress, JD-S announce Karnataka poll
candidates
Friday April 05, 2013 10:09:33 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi/Bangalore: Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and main
opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Friday released
first lists of their candidates for the May 5 state assembly poll
The BJP announced candidates for 140 seats of the 225-member
assembly that includes one nominated member, renominating most of
the legislators while the Congress named nominees for 177 seats.
The JD-S list has names for 122 seats.
The BJP's first list does not have names of three legislators who
had spent some time in jail in connection with corruption cases
against them.
The party has renominated Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, Deputy
Chief Ministers R. Ashoka and K.S. Eshwarappa and most of the
other ministers from their home constituencies.
In the Congress, the prominent candidates are state party chief G.
Parameshwara, legislative party leader Siddaramaiah and state
women's wing chief Manjula Naidu.
The BJP and the Congress released their lists in New Delhi after
approval by the central leaders while JD-S announced the names in
Bangalore.
The JD-S list contains the names of two of the party's three Lok
Sabha members - former chief minister and party president H.D.
Deve Gowda's son H. D. Kumaraswamy and N. Cheluvarayaswamy. Gowda
is the third JD-S Lok Sabha member.
Announcing the BJP names, party general secretary and Bangalore
South Lok Sabha member H. N. Ananth Kumar said Shettar will seek
re-election from Hubli-Dharwad central, his home constituency in
north Karantaka, Ashok from Padmanabhanagar in Bangalore and
Eshwarappa from his home town of Shimoga in central part of the
state.
The BJP's first list has four women candidates.
He said candidates for the remaining 84 seats would be announced
early next week.
Nominations open April 10 and close April 17. Vote count is on May
8.
From the Congress, Parameshwara will fight from Koratagere
(reserved) seat, Siddaramaiah Varuna constituency in Mysore and
Naidu from Rajaji Nagar in Bangalore.
Former state party chief R.V. Deshpande will contest from Haliyal
in north Karnataka.
Eight women have been given ticket in the first list.
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