
Karnataka bypolls: Congress names two candidates; JD(S) one
The Hindu
On Thursday, the Congress announced candidates for two Assembly seats where bypolls will be held on April 17, while the JD(S) announced for one seat.
The Congress announced names of Mallamma, wife of the former MLA late Narayan Rao, and Basavanagoud R. Turvihal for Basavakalyan and Maski Legislative Assembly constituencies, respectively. Mr. Turvihal quit the BJP and joined the Congress recently. In the 2018 Assembly polls, Mr. Turvihal, who was contesting on the BJP ticket, lost to the then Congress candidate Prathapgouda Patil by a slender margin. Mr. Patil later joined the BJP and this caused the byelection.
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