The Janata Dal (Secular) launched its first checklist of 93 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka meeting elections on Monday.
The checklist was launched after consent from the previous prime minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda, occasion state president CM Ibrahim mentioned.
The occasion additionally introduced that former chief minister and senior JD(S) chief HD Kumaraswamy would contest from the Channapatna constituency, round 60 kilometres from the state capital.
In the meantime, his son Nikhil bought a ticket from the Ramanagara constituency, presently represented by his mom, Anitha Kumaraswamy. He had unsuccessfully contested the Mandya Lok Sabha election in 2019 and misplaced to the BJP-backed impartial candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh.
Anitha introduced Nikhil as her successor within the constituency on the regional occasion’s Pancha Ratna Yatra in Ramanagara on Saturday. Making the announcement, Anitha mentioned she would surrender her constituency for Nikhil.
Senior JD(S) chief and former minister GT Devegowda will probably be contesting from the Chamundeshwari constituency, whereas his son Harish Gowda will contest from the Hunsur constituency. GT Devegowda had been threatening to depart the occasion for a while and stayed again with the occasion after a gathering with Deve Gowda.
In the meantime, the occasion has given tickets to Nagaraj and CMR Shrinath from Gubbi and Kolar constituencies rather than expelled MLAs. On June 22, the occasion expelled Gubbi MLA SR Srinivas and Kolar MLA Srinivas Gowda for allegedly cross-voting in the course of the Rajya Sabha polls earlier this yr.
After releasing the primary checklist of 93 candidates, Kumaraswamy mentioned each BJP and Congress can be “rejected” by the individuals within the state. Kumaraswamy additionally mentioned that to outlive, the BJP must go to the JD(S) after the 2023 elections, hinting at a fractured mandate.
The occasion had earlier introduced that it could be releasing the checklist of names in the course of the launch of the Pancha Ratna Yatra at Mulbagal within the Kolar district in November however had postponed it to an “auspicious day”. The occasion had kick-started the yatra on November 1, but it surely was postponed on account of incessant rains.
In 2018, the occasion gained 37 seats within the meeting polls, and Kumaraswamy turned the chief minister after a post-poll alliance with the Congress, which gained 78 seats. BJP remained the one largest occasion by profitable 104 seats.
Nevertheless, 5 of them resigned from the Karnataka meeting, staging a coup towards the Kumaraswamy-led coalition authorities of the JD(S) and Congress in July 2019.
These 5 MLAs have been among the many 18 MLAs disqualified by then Meeting Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar.
After disqualification, the coalition authorities collapsed, and the BJP got here to energy. A majority of the disqualified MLAs joined the BJP, contested the bypolls in December 2019, gained the election and have become ministers within the new authorities.
The occasion will launch the remaining 131 candidates within the coming days, occasion officers mentioned. JD(S) is the primary occasion within the state to announce its checklist of candidates. The occasion goals to win 123 seats within the upcoming elections.