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As anticipated, the lineup includes Karnataka Science and Technology Minister N S Boseraju and Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah, son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Other notable candidates are Vasanth Kumar, K Govindraj, Ivan D’Souza, Bilkis Bano, and Jagdev Guttedar.
Additionally, Basanagouda Badarli has been nominated for the upcoming MLC by-election to occupy a seat vacated by former chief minister Jagadish Shettar. Shettar briefly joined Congress after defecting from the BJP upon being denied a ticket for the 2023 assembly election.
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Shettar ran for the 2023 assembly election on a Congress ticket. Following his defeat, he was rewarded with an MLC seat by his new party. Earlier this year, he rejoined BJP and is now contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Belgaum (Belagavi) constituency against Congress’s Mrinal Hebbalkar, the son of Women and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.