BENGALURU: The Congress is said to have deliberated on a number of names for the 2 seats it's positive to win in Rajya Sabha polls slated for later this month, while also deciding to contest the 3rd seat. The celebration’s 3rd nominee will have to paintings against garnering votes from Independents.
Chief minister Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara, D Ok Shivakumar and Ok C Venugopal, AICC normal secretary answerable for Karnataka, held talks with celebration president Rahul Gandhi at the possible candidates in New Delhi on Tuesday. With March 12 being the last date for submitting nomination papers for the polls scheduled on March 23, the celebration is predicted to freeze at the names over the weekend.
While there are a number of aspirants for the primary seat, which shall be given to a Muslim, the second one seat shall be a toss-up between a Lingayat and a Dalit nominee. The 3rd seat, which the Congress plans to contest, will reportedly move to a cash bag, who can rustle up the required votes to sail thru.
The JD(S) had demanded the 3rd seat as quid professional quo for its strengthen within the BBMP council and for imaginable strengthen at some point. Siddaramaiah is reportedly adversarial to ceding the seat to the JD(S), while assets just about former leader minister H D Kumaraswamy said the Congress top command used to be weighing the theory of giving it to them. “I'm preserving watch at the situation. We will know in an afternoon or two,” Kumaraswamy advised TOI.
Siddaramaiah is eager about fielding his realtor friend P R Channa Reddy, while the opposite choice is another land developer, Veeranna Reddy. Channa Reddy joined the Congress in 2006.
Congress assets said outgoing MP Ok Rahman Khan is looking for a re-nomination, while the opposite names being thought to be are Saleem Ahmed and Naseer Ahmed and previous MP I G Sanadi. The celebration is reportedly planning to offer the second one seat to a Dalit (left sect) with former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar and L Hanumanthaiah being the contenders.
There is a chance of the celebration pitching for a Lingayat with the aspirants being former Lok Sabha speaker Shivraj V Patil, former MLC Rani Satish and previous CM VeerandraPatil’s son Kailash V Patil.
CM defends Kheny’s entry
With resentment brewing a few of the Congress cadre over the induction of businessman Ashok Kheny into the Congress, Siddaramaiah defended the transfer, pronouncing the former hasn’t long gone to prison like BJP leader ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa.
Siddaramaiah insisted no person can question Kheny’s entry into the Congress. Several legislators reducing throughout celebration strains had adversarial Kheny’s induction since a House committee of the state legislature had reportedly discovered a number of irregularities within the execution of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) undertaking. The undertaking is promoted through Kheny, who represents Bidar south.
Chief minister Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara, D Ok Shivakumar and Ok C Venugopal, AICC normal secretary answerable for Karnataka, held talks with celebration president Rahul Gandhi at the possible candidates in New Delhi on Tuesday. With March 12 being the last date for submitting nomination papers for the polls scheduled on March 23, the celebration is predicted to freeze at the names over the weekend.
While there are a number of aspirants for the primary seat, which shall be given to a Muslim, the second one seat shall be a toss-up between a Lingayat and a Dalit nominee. The 3rd seat, which the Congress plans to contest, will reportedly move to a cash bag, who can rustle up the required votes to sail thru.
The JD(S) had demanded the 3rd seat as quid professional quo for its strengthen within the BBMP council and for imaginable strengthen at some point. Siddaramaiah is reportedly adversarial to ceding the seat to the JD(S), while assets just about former leader minister H D Kumaraswamy said the Congress top command used to be weighing the theory of giving it to them. “I'm preserving watch at the situation. We will know in an afternoon or two,” Kumaraswamy advised TOI.
Siddaramaiah is eager about fielding his realtor friend P R Channa Reddy, while the opposite choice is another land developer, Veeranna Reddy. Channa Reddy joined the Congress in 2006.
Congress assets said outgoing MP Ok Rahman Khan is looking for a re-nomination, while the opposite names being thought to be are Saleem Ahmed and Naseer Ahmed and previous MP I G Sanadi. The celebration is reportedly planning to offer the second one seat to a Dalit (left sect) with former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar and L Hanumanthaiah being the contenders.
There is a chance of the celebration pitching for a Lingayat with the aspirants being former Lok Sabha speaker Shivraj V Patil, former MLC Rani Satish and previous CM VeerandraPatil’s son Kailash V Patil.
CM defends Kheny’s entry
With resentment brewing a few of the Congress cadre over the induction of businessman Ashok Kheny into the Congress, Siddaramaiah defended the transfer, pronouncing the former hasn’t long gone to prison like BJP leader ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa.
Siddaramaiah insisted no person can question Kheny’s entry into the Congress. Several legislators reducing throughout celebration strains had adversarial Kheny’s induction since a House committee of the state legislature had reportedly discovered a number of irregularities within the execution of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) undertaking. The undertaking is promoted through Kheny, who represents Bidar south.
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