Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha to contest bypoll on JD(S) ticket

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife, Anitha will contest from the Ramanagara Assembly constituency in the bypolls confirmed the Janata Dal (Secular) party on Sunday.

The ruling party also informed that former Chief Minister S Bangarappa’s son Madhu Bangarappa, will candidature from the Shivamogga parliamentary seat. It also confirmed, reports news agency PTI that Anand Nyamgouda, son of Sidhu Nyamagouda who was killed in a road accident on May 28, will contest from the Jamakhandi Assembly seat.

JD (S), an alliance of the Congress though is yet to choose a candidate for the Mandya Lok Sabha bypoll. It will be announced later said the party.

Elections will be held in three Lok Sabha seats – Shivamogga, Mandya and Ballari — and the two assembly seats – Ramanagara and Jamakhand on November 3, this year. The bypoll elections are taking place as a result of the resignations of Karnataka BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa from Shivamogga, C S Puttaraju from the Mandya and B Sriramulu from Ballari. All of them contested in the 2018 state elections and were elected, which left their respective Lok Sabha seats vacant.

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Meanwhile, Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy, who won the elections from both Channapatna and Ramanagara seats, chose to represent the former and resigned from the latter, leaving the Ramanagara Lok Sabha seat vacant. While Jamakhandi MLA Siddu Nyamagouda was killed in a road accident on May 28, which left his seat vacant. His son Anand will contest from that constituency.

The report from the news agency also states that Bangarappa would be the alliance candidate from Shivamogga., confirmed JD(S) state general secretary M Srikanth.

The Congress, reports the agency, said in a press release that it has appointed polls in-charge for the seats from where JD(S) candidates would fight the by-elections. Large and Medium Industries Minister K J George would oversee the Mandya parliamentary seat, while Revenue Minister R V Deshpande and Lok Sabha member D K Suresh would be in charge of Shivamogga and Ramanagara respectively.

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