Karnataka Assembly Polls: ‘Congress’ Ticket Districbution For 170 Seats So Far Discussed With Unanimity’, Says DK Shivakumar

Bengaluru: Congress chief in Karnataka, D Okay Shivakumar on Thursday stated the social gathering’s screening committee has mentioned ticket distribution to about 170 meeting constituencies to this point, and there’s unanimity of opinion. Winnability, social justice and dedication to social gathering are the main standards being thought-about for ticket distribution, he famous and stated efforts are on to succeed in out to aspirants in a number of constituencies to have unanimity on the candidates. The Karnataka Legislative Assembly with a complete of 224 seats is prone to go for polls by May. “We have discussed 170 seats, still about 50 odd seats are left. We will discuss and send our opinion to the Central Election Committee. There is unanimity in opinion, everything is going on smoothly without any confusion,” Shivakumar stated. 

Speaking to reporters right here, he stated he was additionally making efforts to succeed in out to those that had utilized for tickets, to make sure that there’s unanimity and there aren’t any variations concerning the candidates.

“I am calling leaders and ticket aspirants in about 50-60 constituencies to iron out differences, if any, from tomorrow.. I’m speaking to those from Chikkamagaluru this evening, to ensure that there is unanimity. Everyone will have desire as they are confident that Congress will win the polls and it will come to power, defeating the BJP,” he added.

Senior Congress chief Mohan Prakash is the chair of the screening committee, which has social gathering leaders Neeraj Dangi, Mohammed Jawed and Saptagiri Ulaka as members.

Shivakumar, CLP Leader Siddaramaiah, AICC common secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Leader of the Opposition in Council B Okay Hariprasad, KPCC Campaign Committee Chief M B Patil, manifesto committee chief G Parameshwara, and AICC secretaries answerable for Karnataka are its ex-officio members.

Responding to a query, Shivakumar stated winnability is vital for the social gathering and never people.

“Keeping this in mind, we will select the candidates, along with that social justice and commitment to the party will also be kept in mind,” he stated.

As Congress goals to return to energy in Karnataka with an absolute majority, the KPCC chief had on Tuesday stated that the latest survey has predicted a tally of over 140 seats for the social gathering.