Karnataka Elections 2023: Congress ready with list of candidates for most assembly seats

Congress in Karnataka said its screening panel has finalised the list of candidates for most of the assembly seats for the upcoming elections, and will soon send it to the party high command for approval. The party also said the list will be released once the election dates are announced by the Election Commission.

”Our screening committee reviewed all the applications of the aspirants. The opinion of the screening committee will be sent to the central election committee of the All India Congress Committee for final review,” Congress state president D K Shivakumar said.

He added that the screening committee has tried its best to give justice to every section of the society. ”We kept social engineering in mind while preparing our recommendations. Immediately after the Election Commission announces the election date, we will release our list of candidates,” Shivakumar said.

Speaking on the occasion, Congress national general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said the screening committee, constituted by AICC, met for three days in Bengaluru and decided the list of candidates. ”The screening committee met for three days and discussed on each of the 224 assembly seats in the state.