Siddu's son among Cong MLC nominees

Bengaluru: The Congress on Sunday released its list of seven candidates for the biennial MLC elections on June 13. The elections were necessitated due to the retirement of 11 members on June 17.

As expected, the Congress has fielded Karnataka Science and Technology Minister N S Boseraju and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah.

The other candidates are Vasanth Kumar, K Govindraj, lvan D'Souza, Bilkis Bano and Jagdev Guttedar. The party also announced Basanagouda Badarli for the MLC byelection for a seat that fell vacant owing to the resignation of former CM Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress briefly after he rebelled against the BJP. (PTI)