Coalition partners BJP and JD(S) ended the suspense over their candidate for the Channapatna by-poll and announced Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, and former CM H D Kumaraswamy, as the candidate from the seat on Thursday.
Nikhil, who is also the grandson of JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, is one of the three candidates announced by the coalition for the November 13 bypolls. Two of the candidates are sons of former CMs, including Nikhil himself and Shiggaon BJP candidate Bharath Bommai (son of Basavaraj Bommai).
The third constituency out for polls on November 13 is Sandur, where Annapurna, wife of Lok Sabha MP E Tukaram, will take on Bangaru Hanumanthu of the BJP. Elections for all three constituencies are being held as MLAs from these constituencies – Kumaraswamy from Channapatna, Bommai from Shiggaon and Tukaram from Sandur – resigned from the Assembly after winning the Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress, which announced its two candidates…
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