Putting an end to weeks of speculation, the Core Committee of Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday cleared the names of it’s State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy as the candidate for the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency in the Vokkaliga heartland where a high voltage poll battle is expected. While it also cleared the candidature of Prajwal Revanna for Hassan seat, the candidate for Kolar seat has been kept pending, party sources said.
Three former CMs in fray
With the party’s decision, the State will see the contest of three former Chief Ministers in this election with the other two being BJP’s Basavaraj Bommai from Haveri and Jagadish Shettar from Belagavi.
