Election to the keenly contested four graduates and teachers’ constituencies in the Legislative Council will get under way and the fate of a couple of big leaders will be sealed in the ballot papers on Monday.
Among those in the fray are the former Chairman of the Upper House Basavaraj Horatti, who will be seeking a record victory and senior Congress leader Prakash Hukkeri.
The elections are being held for Karnataka West Teachers, Karnataka North West Teachers, Karnataka South Graduates’ and Karnataka North West Graduates’ constituencies as terms of Mr. Horatti, Arun Shahpur, K.T. Srikante Gowda and Hanumanth Nirani are coming to an end on July 4. Barring Mr. Gowda, the other three are back in the electoral fray as the Janata Dal (Secular) has replaced Mr. Gowda with former president of Karnataka Government Employees’ Association H.K. Ramu.
