Congress ticket sharing: Vinay Kulkarni gets Dharwad, HB Manjappa in Davangere
Bengaluru: The Congress high-command has finally resolved the ticket sharing in Dharwad and Davangere Lok Sabha constituency as the party on Tuesday night announced its candidates from both the constituencies.
The party announced that former minister Vinay Kulkarni will contest on party ticket from Dharwad constituency while the HB Manjappa will contest from Davangere constituency.
The high command was in a fix at Davangere as its senior leader Shamanoor Shivashankarappa had refused to contest the polls followed by which the party had turned to his son, who too refused to contest the forthcoming election. However, HB Manjappa who is believed to be a close aide of Shivashankarappa and his family was given ticket in a late night development here. Manjappa is the leader of Kuruba community.
Congress Central Election Committee announces the next list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/BdHq3M7UT9
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Put petty politics aside; it's not about one party, but India: Rahul on TMC's loss in polls
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.
"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.
The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.
