Cong release second list of candidates for K'taka elections, suspense continues of three DK seats
Bengaluru: All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday morning released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Elections.
The party, however, has not announced its candidates from the three assembly constituencies of Dakshina Kannada district.
Kolar constituency which is being anticipated by former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah as his second constituency was not also among the list of 42 constituencies where it announced candidates in the second list.
Former Karnataka Minister Vinay Kulkarni who was expected to contest against CM Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon has been fielded from the Dharwad constituency itself.
The Congress has marked the Melukote assembly constituency for Darshan Puttannaiah of the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party.
It has so far finalised 142 candidates for the polls. The first list of 100 candidates was released earlier.
The candidates were finalised at a meeting of the Central Election Committee headed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and top party leaders from Karnataka, including former chief minister Siddaramaiah, state chief DK Shivakumar and All India Congress Committee in-charge for the state, Randeep Surjewala, were present at the meeting.
The Congress is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in Karnataka, the only southern state where the saffron party is in power.
The elections to the 224-member assembly will be held on May 10 and results will be declared on May 13.
The CEC of Congress has finalised the second list of candidates for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/7gyaXucKzt
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Ind vs Ban: Rain washes out Day 2 of 2nd Test
Kanpur, Sep 28: The second day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh was on Saturday called off without a ball being bowled due to persistent downpour.
The drizzle in the morning turned into heavy rain, not letting the action begin on day two at Green Park Stadium.
The groundsmen put the three super soppers to work around 11:15 am after the rain stopped. The visibility was also poor.
As conditions did not improve, the second day's play was called off officially at 2:15pm.
As per the weather forecast, the city is expected to receive rain even on Sunday but Monday and Tuesday are likely to be sunny and warm. In that scenario, the match seems to be headed for a draw.
Bangladesh had ended the rain-curtailed opening day at 107 for three as only 35 overs could be bowled.
India pacer Akash Deep accounted for Bangladeshi openers -- Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam -- while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin sent back rival skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto.
India are leading the two-match series 1-0, having won the Chennai Test by 280 runs.
