Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday approved the candidature of Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan as the Congress candidate from the Shiggaon Constituency for the upcoming Legislative Assembly bypolls in Karnataka.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is also the JD(S) State Youth Unit President, will be competing against CP Yogeshwara, who joined the Congress on Wednesday after resigning as BJP MLC on Monday. Notably, HD Kumaraswamy (HDK) defeated Yogeeshwara in the 2018 and 2023 assembly polls from the seat. T
The by-poll was necessitated in the Karhal constituency following Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's resignation after being elected from Kannauj as MP.
The Congress party announced on Thursday that it has decided to not field candidates in the nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls are being held, said Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey on Thursday.
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Dushyant Gautam on Thursday hit out at the Congress party and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for contesting Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections.
CP Yogeshwara is a five-time former MLA from Channapatna, the seat vacated by Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy after he won the Lok Sabha polls. The JDS will field a candidate for the seat on behalf of the NDA, forcing Yogeshwar to seek refuge in the Congress.
After announcing that INDIA bloc candidates would be contesting Uttar Pradesh bypolls on the Samajwadi Party's 'cycle' symbol, party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday that the SP-Congress alliance has decided to 'save the Constitution, Reservation, and Harmony."
Congress candidate from the Dausa Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, Deen Dayal Bairwa, has termed the upcoming by-election the fight between the ideology of his party and that of the BJP.
Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari hit out at the Congress party, accusing them Priyanka Gandhi of 'running away to Wayanad' and only fighting in seats which they feel comfortable on.
On Wednesday, Priyanka filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll in Kerala in the presence of top leaders of the party as she embarks on her electoral debut.