Notwithstanding the initial stir created in the Congress over the party’s one family, one ticket policy that came under the lens at the ongoing Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, most political families belonging to the grand old party in Karnataka are unlikely to face the axe in the coming elections.
For, the exemption clause in the policy of five years of prior work in the party will make the family members of most of the prominent Congress leaders in the State eligible for ticket in the next Assembly or Lok Sabha polls scheduled for 2023 and 2024, respectively.
While former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra Siddaramaiah has been an MLA since 2018, veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge has been an MLA since 2013 and has even served as a Minister for IT and BT. Similarly, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar’s brother D.K. Suresh has been an MP since 2013 while Shamanur Mallikarjun, son of veteran Congressman and president of All-India Veerashaiva Mahasabha Shamanur Shivashankarappa, too had served as an MLA and as a Minister earlier.
