Cong High Command to Decide By-Poll Candidates: CM Siddaramaiah

• Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah states Congress high command will select candidates for April 9 by-polls in Bagalkote and Davanagere.
• Consultations are underway, with a team having visited both constituencies to gather ground reports.
• Decision will be made after discussions with Deputy CM D K Shivakumar and Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala.
• Internal contest for tickets, particularly in Bagalkote, where three members of the Meti family have sought tickets and agreed to work unitedly.
• Bypolls necessitated by the deaths of sitting Congress MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti.