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Pankaj Gupta, AAP general secretary, said the candidates have been picked in light of 3Cs: non-corrupt, non-communal and non-criminal. The list of candidates includes a resigned IAS officer, IT techies, aeronautical engineers, professors, legal advisors, farmers and auto rickshaw drivers.
Renuka Vishwanathan, a retired IAS officer of the 1971 batch, will challenge from Shanthinagar constituency in Bengaluru, which is currently represented by N A Haris of the Congress in the Assembly. Prithvi Reddy, engineer and entrepreneur will challenge from Sarvagnanagar against Bengaluru Development Minister K J George. Chandrakanth Revankar, transport administrations agent will battle from Shikaripura. The party will field Santosh Nargund, aeronautical engineer from Hubballi-Dharwad Central against former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and Ayub Khan, an autorickshaw driver from Shivajinagar, Gupta said.
Other candidates are: Mohan Dasari (C V Ramanagar); Lingaraj Urs, software proficient and grandson of former chief minister D Devaraj Urs (KR Puram); Raghavendra Thane (Hebbal); Sharanappa (Gangavathi); Balasaheb Rao (Kagwad); Malavika Gubbivani (Chamaraja); Raghavendra K L (Davangere South); S G Sitharam (Basavanagudi); Siddagangaiah R, (Pulakeshinagar); Syed Asad Abbas (BTM Layout); Ravi Kumar (Bhadravathi); Deepak Malagar (Basavakalyan).