Ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, Congress on Saturday has released its third list with some crucial decisions on Saturday. Congress had denied ticket for former chief minister Siddaramaiah from Kolar assembly constituency, while former deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi got the Athani assembly seat.
Congress has fielded Kothur G. Manjunath from the Kolar seat instead of Siddaramaiah.
Siddaramaiah was seeking to contest from the Kolar assembly seat as the second constituency. The party had already fielded him from Varuna constituency, which was earlier represented by his son.
The party also fielded former Governor Margaret Alva's son Nivedit Alva from the Kumta assembly seat.
So far, the party has fielded candidates in 209 seats, including 124 seats in the first list and another 42 seats in the second list. The party is yet to announce the seats of 15 more candidates.
Former BJP leader Savadi, who announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the BJP after being denied a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections, had joined the Congress on Friday.
Savadi, a Lingayat leader in Belagavi district, on Friday resigned from the Legislative Council and the BJP before heading to the office of the Congress.
(With PTI inputs)
