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Congress receives 2,800 applications for ticket

Special Correspondent

2,316 applications received from the district Congress committees
Candidate selection will be based on merit,
says Mallikarjun Kharge

Bangalore: As many as 2,800 applications have been received by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) from party leaders and workers seeking ticket to contest the Assembly elections, scheduled on May 10, 16 and 22.

KPCC president M. Mallikarjun Kharge said that 2,316 applications had been received from the district Congress committees, barring Belgaum and Uttara Kannada districts, and the figure might touch 2,700.

Many leaders had submitted their applications directly at the Bangalore office, he added.

The Election Management and Coordination Committee will meet on April 9 to scrutinise the applications and select candidates for the first phase of elections to be held on May 10 in the southern districts. The KPCC, he said, had received 600 more applications this time compared to last time. On the criteria for selecting candidates for the polls, Mr. Kharge said it would be based on merit and the “winnability.”

Appointment to panels

Union Minister of State and AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Prithviraj Chavan, announced the appointment of K.B. Krishnamurthy, secretary, AICC, and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, treasurer, KPCC, as permanent invitees to the Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) and the Election Management and Coordination Committee (EMCC) of the KPCC.

Umashree, G.S. Basavaraj, Narasingrao Suryavamshi, MP, and M.R. Seetharam have been included in the PEC. Bhagirathi M. Siddangouda, Mukhtarunnisa Begum, Prakash Rathod and T.V. Maruthi have been included in the EMCC. Vasanthi Shivanna, R. Manjula Naidu, Manjunatha Bhandari and V. Muniyappa have been included in the Campaign Committee.

The 35-member Manifesto Committee headed by the former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief met here on Sunday for drafting the election manifesto.

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