The Congress has finalised the names of C.M. Ibrahim, K. Govindraj, Arvind Kumar Arali, and K. Harish Kumar to contest the biennial election to the Legislative Council by members of the Legislative Assembly.
While Mr. Ibrahim and Mr. Govindraj, who are seeking re-election, are from Bengaluru, Mr. Arali is from Bidar and Mr. Harish Kumar is from Mangaluru.
The elections to the Council to fill 11 seats will be held on June 11. The election has been necessitated as the term of 11 members will expire on June 17. The members who will retire are B.J. Puttaswamy (BJP), M.R. Seetharam (Congress), Motamma (Congress), D.S. Veeraiah (BJP), Syed Mudeer Aga (JD-S), Somanna M. Bevinamarad (BJP), Raghunath Rao Malkapure (BJP), Bhanu Prakash (BJP), C.M. Ibrahim (Congress), K. Govindaraj (Congress), and B.S. Suresh (Independent).
