Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD)

Udupi, Jan 23: A team of Congress overseers arrived at Congress Bhavan, Brahmagiri, on Sunday January 22, to gather opinions from activists in order to shortlist the names of candidates for parliamentary elections of Udupi–Chikmagalur constituency. 

The election for the post of Member of Parliament (MP) in the constituency arose owing to the resignation of former MP D V Sadanand Gowda who was elected as chief minister and also MLC, recently.

Addressing media persons on Sunday morning, Congress overseer H K Patil said that the names of Congress candidates for the above constituency will be shortlisted in two days.

“The voters in the constituency showed preference for Congress while the BJP has faced setbacks that can be witnessed in the poor response of people, when Lalkrishna Advani’s ‘Rath Yatra’ arrived in the district, as also the BJP’s loss in the recently held bye-elections in Bellary. The proceedings of the meeting will be informed to Congress high command,” he said. Patil added that a similar meeting was held in Chikmagalur on Friday January 20.

Congress overseer V R Sudarshan, Congress candidate aspirants K Jayaprakash Hegde, Vinay Kumar Sorake, and D K Taradevi Siddartha, Congress district president Gopal Poojary, former president M A Gafoor, vice-president K K Saralaya, former state minister Vasant Salian, Sarala Kanchan, Congress women’s unit president Veronica Cornelio, Congress Seva Dal president Ashok Kumar Kodavoor, and Janardhan Tonse were present on the occasion.

The Congress overseers gathered opinions of Block presidents of four legislative assembly constituencies in the district which form a part of Udupi–Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency.