Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy announced its second list of 49 candidates for Karnataka Assembly elections at the party office here on Friday. He confirmed that disgruntled leader Doddappa Gowda Patil, who was denied a ticket by the BJP from the Kalaburagi constituency will be contesting on JD (S) ticket. "We finalised Doddappa Gowda Patil from Kalaburagi. In north Karnataka, we are confident about winning 30 to 40 seats, Kumaraswamy said.
The confusion over the Hassan Assembly seat, which reportedly created a rift within the Gowda family, is ended as Swaroop Prakash has been given a ticket in the second list. MLA HD Revanna's wife Bhavani Revanna, who was aspiring for the ticket, was backed out when HD Deve Gowda reportedly convinced his son Revanna to forego the seat for the interests of the party. Tickets have been announced for former MLA YSV Dutta, who rejoined the JDS in Kadur and A Manju was allocated a ticket from the Arakalagud constituency.
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Subhash Chandra Rathod, who joined JDS after quitting the post of civil judge, got the ticket from the Chittapur constituency in Kalaburagi district. Saurabh Chopra in Savadatti and Manohar Tehsildar, who recently left Congress in Hanagal have been given a chance.
In December 2022 , JD(S) announced 93 names in the first list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly polls. The party also announced that the former Chief Minister and senior JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy will contest from the Channapatna constituency. And Kumaraswamy's brother HD Revanna is contesting from the Holenarsipura constituency. Similarly, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of HD Kumaraswamy, the third-generation JDS leader, was fielded from the Ramanagara constituency.
The second list of JDS:
Kudachi Assembly constituency - Anand Malagi
Rayabhag - Pradeep Malagi
Savadatti - Saurabh Anand Chopra
Athani - Shishikant Padasalagi
Hubballi Dharwad East - Veerabhadrappa
Kalaburagi North - Naseer Ustad
Ballari - Allabhaksh Alias munna
Hagaribomanahalli - Parameshwarappa
Harappanahalli - Noor Ahmed
Haliyala - S.L. Ghotnekar
Bhatkala - Nagendra Naik
Sirsi-Siddapur - Upendra Pai
Yallapur - Nagesh Naik
Chittapur - Subhash Chandra Rathore (Retired Judge)
Mangaluru South - Samati Hegde
