Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi appoints 43-member poll panel for Karnataka

 

The high-level committee includes Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, senior Congress leaders and former Union Ministers Senior leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, M Veerappa Moily, Oscar Fernandes, AICC general secretary and Karnataka Prabhari K C Venugopal, senior Karnataka Minister Ambareesh will closely monitor the affairs of poll-bound Karnataka which will go to polls in April or May.

In a bid to avoid the traditional infighting and rucks over the selection of Candidates, Gandhi directed state office bearers to work in tandem with central election committee which will take the final call on the inputs of state Unit. According to media reports, keeping eye on election commission’s announcement, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has invited applications from aspirants.