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T.B. Jayachandra, Kusuma named candidates; Ramesh Babu is a Council nominee
The Opposition Congress has fielded veteran chief and former Minister T.B. Jayachandra and political novice Kusuma H., spouse of late IAS officer D.{K}. Ravi, because the social gathering candidates for byelections to Sira and Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly constituencies scheduled on November 3.
Ramesh Babu, former MLC, who not too long ago give up the JD(S) and joined the Congress, is the nominee of the social gathering for the South East Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council, for which elections will likely be held on October 28.
All India Congress Committee interim president Sonia Gandhi cleared the names of all three candidates on Wednesday.
While Mr. Jayachandra and Ms. Kusuma belong to the Vokkaliga group, Mr. Babu is from the Balija group.
Eye on ladies, youth
R.R. Nagar candidate Ms. Kusuma, a postgraduate in engineering in Information Technology from a college within the U.S., is anticipated to draw ladies and younger voters. She was a lecturer in Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru.
Ms. Kusuma stepped into the political area solely on Sunday final when she and father Hanumantharayappa joined the Congress. Mr. Hanumantharayappa was within the JD(S) for a very long time.
It will likely be a straight combat right here between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress. A sizeable chunk of Vokkaliga voters are anticipated to again Ms. Kusuma. Her father would handle the wherewithal of the marketing campaign, say Congress sources.
The BJP is anticipated to area Munirathna, two-time MLA, who give up the Congress and joined the BJP together with 13 different MLAs in 2019. Mr. Munirathna is thought to have developed a good community and sanctioned large funds for developmental work within the constituency. He defeated BJP candidate Muniraju Gowda within the 2018 Assembly elections with a margin of over 25,000 votes.
In politics since ’70s
The bypoll in Sira was necessitated following the demise of B. Sathyanarayana, JD(S) MLA. Congress nominee Mr. Jayachandra, 71, who had served as Minister within the S.M. Krishna-led and Siddaramaiah-led governments, had misplaced to Sathyanarayana by a margin of 10,365 votes within the 2018 elections. S.R. Gowda of the BJP secured third place with 16,959 votes (9.41% of votes). The former regulation Minister, who received six Assembly elections, was first elected to the Assembly in 1978.
Triangular contest
In a seemingly triangular contest in Sira, the Congress has fashioned a committee headed by former Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief and former Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, MLA, and {K}.N. Rajanna, former MLA.
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