INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
month to go for Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018, the Congress on April 15 released its list of 218 candidates
The party is yet to name candidates for the remaining six out of the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will contest from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru this time
He had been contesting from the Varuna constituency since 2008, but this time he has left it for his son, Dr Yatheendra.
Apart from Mr
Siddaramaiah and his son, the children of at least four sitting legislators have also been given tickets
The family combos in the list include home minister Ramalinga Reddy and his daughter Soumya, law minister TB Jayachandra and son, housing
minister M Krishnappa and son Priya Krishna and Shamanur Shivshankarappa and son SS Mallikarjun.
State Congress chief Dr G Parameshwara has
been given the Korategere ticket despite losing last time
DK Shivakumar, a controversial minister in Siddaramaiah's cabinet, will contest from Kanakapura
Other leaders like RV Deshpande and UT Khader will contest from Haliyal and Mangalore seats, respectively.
Film star Ambareesh has been
So far the Congress candidate for the Shantinagar seat in Bengaluru has not been announced
Karnataka are scheduled for May 12
Counting of votes will take place three days later
Karnataka is the only big state where is the Congress is in power.Following is the full list of 2018 candidates the Congress has released
