Congess Leader Raghu Achar Joins JD(S) In Presence Of HD Kumaraswamy

Congress leader Raghu Achar from Chitradurga had already said that he would join the JDS, HD Kumaraswamy told the media.

Raghu Achar, former MLC and Congress leader joined Janata Dal(Secular), JD(S), in the presence of party leader HD Kumaraswamy. "Former Legislative Council member Raghu Achar from Chitradurga had already spoken and he himself said that he would join the JDS”, the party chief had told the media on Sunday, ANI reported.

As the Karnataka Assembly Election gets closer, several ticket aspirants were disappointed to not see their names in the lists of candidates that were released by their parties in the past couple of days. JD(S) is all set to accommodate rebel candidates who missed out on tickets from both parties in its second list. The party has already announced the first list of 93 candidates.

The party will be releasing its second list in the coming days and will change the allotted tickets in the first list as well to accommodate rebels of national parties, as per IANS. It is yet to announce 131 candidates. 

According to IANS, YASV Datta, a senior JD(S) leader, joined Congress ahead of the polls and has come back to the party. The Congress had denied a ticket to him from the Kadur constituency. 

A Manju, a senior BJP leader, is likely to contest from the Arakalagudu constituency on JD(S) ticket. Manohar Tahsildar, a senior Congress leader from Hanagal seat, Doddappa Gouda Patil from BJP from Jevargi, and now Raghu Achar from the Congress party will contest from Chitradurga on JD(S) ticket.

Mallikarjuna Khuba (BJP) from Basavakalyan, Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi of BJP from Hubballi-Dharwad East seat, Yogesh Babu of Congress from Molakalmuru, Srikanth Ghotnekar of Congress from Haliyal constituency are also likely to contest from JD(S).