Congress to declare candidate for Karnataka elections on Friday

New Delhi, April 12: The Congress will finalise the candidates for the May 12 Karnataka elections on Friday and the list is likely to be announced on the same day.

The screening committee meetings are over and the party's Central Election Committee will finalise the candidates for the 224 assembly seats on Friday, a party source said.

The BJP on Sunday released the first list of 72 candidates.

New voting machines will be used for Karnataka elections which can detect any error or fraud in voting was declared by the election commission.