Congress to release contestants names for karnataka elections

Bengaluru, March 28: Karnataka's ruling Congress would release names of its contestants for the May 12 assembly poll by April 15, said party's state unit president G. Parameshwara on Wednesday.

"Names of the candidates for the 224 assembly seats across the state will be declared by April 15 after the clearance by the party high command, je told reporters here.

The Election Commission will notify the poll on April 17 and last date for filing nominations is April 24 and withdrawal on April 27. Vote count on May 15.

"Our Central Election Committee will finalise the names after the screening committee clears them on April 9-10 so that the candidates can file papers in their respective constituencies from April 17-18," Parameshwara said.

The screening committee is headed by party's senior leader Madhusudan Mistry, with party MPs Tamradhwaj Sahu and Gaurav Gogoi as its members.