Congress likely to push for its own candidate for Council Chairman post

The Congress is apt to propulsion its candidates for the station of Chairman and Deputy Chairman successful the Karnataka Legislative Council up of the Monsoon Session, expected to beryllium held successful July.

Sources said that truthful far, the enactment had not tried to regenerate Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, the eight-time legislator and the elder astir subordinate of the House, since the Congress did not person a wide majority. Though determination was speculation successful January that the enactment would determination to regenerate Mr. Horatti, sources said that the disorder implicit enactment had prevented specified a move.

“No, this determination is apt to assistance the Congress accommodate legislators seeking Cabinet berths oregon different posts,” sources said.

Numbers successful Council

The Congress is expected to get a wide bulk aft the polls for 7 Council seats to beryllium elected by members of the Legislative Assembly scheduled connected June 18. Currently, the Congress has 37 members successful the 75-member Upper House and is apt to get the enactment of the lone Independent, Balachandra Jarkiholi.

Also, the word of 5 much members who are nominated by the authorities volition extremity successful July, which volition supply further boost to the Congress’s numbers successful the Council.

A long-time Janata Parivar leader, Mr. Horatti was elected to the Upper House connected a BJP ticket. Along with the Chairman, the Congress volition besides question to regenerate Deputy Chairman M.K. Pranesh, a BJP member.

JD(S) apt to field

While the Congress is assured of winning 4 seats and the BJP 2 seats, 1 spot is expected to beryllium keenly fought arsenic they bash not person the required numbers to guarantee the triumph of their candidates. The Congress has already announced the names of 4 candidates, portion the BJP is yet to bash so.

Janata Dal (Secular) sources said that the enactment is apt to tract a campaigner arsenic portion of the NDA alliance. “It whitethorn go hard for the Congress to triumph the 5th spot arsenic the confederation has a fig adjacent to the 29 ballot people required to guarantee victory. B.M. Farooq could beryllium fielded on with 2 BJP candidates,” sources said. The anticipation of cross-voting for this spot is highly likely, sources said.

Sources successful the Congress said that though the enactment volition contention the seat, it whitethorn not denote the sanction till the past moment.