Bengaluru: Making a head-start for the Assembly polls, which is just a couple of months away, the JD(S) yesterday announced the first list of party candidates for 93 Assembly constituencies of the State.
In a ‘son rise’ for the party, the JD(S) declared the candidature of Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Chief Minister and JD(S) Legislature Party Leader H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK), from Ramanagar, which seat is currently held by Nikhil’s mother Anitha Kumaraswamy. Likewise, G.D. Harish Gowda, son of Chamundeshwari sitting MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), has been chosen by the party to contest from Hunsur, while C.M. Fayaz, son of State JD(S) President C.M. Ibrahim, will contest from Humnabad constituency in Bidar district. HDK will contest again from Channapatna seat, which he currently represents.
