Karnataka assembly elections: Kolar or Varuna? Congress list may end suspense today | Bengaluru News – Times of India

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BENGALURU: The suspense over former CM Siddaramaiah‘s constituency – Kolar or Varuna – is expected to end with Congress set to announce its first list of candidates on Wednesday.
All 61 lawmakers are expected to get renominated. Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC general secretary, on Tuesday said Siddaramaiah’s name will figure in the first list expected “in 48 hours”. “Everybody will know which constituency he will contest from,” Surjewala said. Siddaramaiah, who currently represents Badami in Bagalkot district, had indicated he would contest from Kolar. tnn
Siddaramaiah supporters stage protest
Earlier this week, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked Siddaramaiah to contest from Varuna in Mysuru. His son Yathindra, who represents Varuna, confirmed the development.
Sources claimed a party survey found Kolar “unsafe” for Siddaramaiah. After a meeting of the party’s central election committee in Delhi last week to finalise the first list of candidates, Siddaramaiah had left it to the high command to decide on his seat.
Supporters from Kolar staged a dharna in front of Siddaramaiah’s house in Bengaluru on Tuesday, seeking to pile pressure on him to stick to Kolar. Sources claimed Siddaramaiah might contest from two seats, as he did in 2018.
He had said the central leadership had told him not to take “even 1% risk”.

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