JD(S) announces 13 candidates in final list

BENGALURU: The Janata Dal (Secular) on Thursday announced its fourth and final list of 13 candidates for the May 10 Assembly election.

The party is fielding Channabasappa Balappa Giddannavara (Chandan Kumar) from Gokak, Ashwini Singaiah Poojera from Kittur, A B Maalakaraddi from Yadgir, Rauf Patel from Bhalki, Shashidhar Channabasappa Yaligar from Shiggaon, where Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is contesting and Mahadevappa from Molkalmuru.

The other candidates include Anuradha from Pulakeshi Nagar, Abdul Jaffer Ali from Shivajinagar, Manjunath Gowda from Shantinagar, Ashraf Ali Kunji from Belthangady, Moiuddin Bawa, who defected from Congress, from Mangalore North, Altaf Kumpala from Mangalore and Prakash Rafael Gomes from Bantwal.