Five from family of Congress Ministers win elections
News

Five from family of Congress Ministers win elections

June 5, 2024

Bengaluru: Five candidates from the family of Congress Ministers in the State, who contested the LS polls, have won.

While Radhakrishna Doddamani, who won from Gulbarga (SC) reserved seat on a Congress ticket, is the son-in-law of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Prabha Mallikarjun, who won from Davangere,  is the wife of Minister for Mines and Geology S.S. Mallikarjun, Sagar Khandre, who won from Bidar, is the son of Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre, Sunil Bose, who won from Chamarajanagar (SC) is the son of Social Welfare Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and Priyanka Jarkiholi, who won from Chikkodi, is the daughter of PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi.

In other such cases where LS poll winners from Congress  are from political families are: E. Tukaram, who won Ballari (ST) seat, is from a political family from Ballari, Rajashekar Hitnal, who won from Koppal, is brother of Koppal MLA Raghavendra Hitnal & Shreyas Patel, who won from Hassan, is the grandson of ex-MP Puttaswamy Gowda.

However, G. Kumar Nayak, who is a former IAS Officer, is the lone Congress candidate who won without any political background. He won from Raichur (ST) seat.

ABOUT

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that Mysureans reach for every evening to know about the happenings in Mysuru city. The newspaper has feature rich articles and dedicated pages targeted at readers across the demographic spectrum of Mysuru city. With a readership of over 2,50,000 Star of Mysore has been the best connection between it’s readers and their leaders; between advertisers and customers; between Mysuru and Mysureans.

CONTACT

Academy News Papers Private Limited, Publishers, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, 15-C, Industrial ‘A’ Layout, Bannimantap, Mysuru-570015. Phone no. – 0821 249 6520

To advertise on Star of Mysore, email us at

Online Edition: [email protected]
Print Editon: [email protected]
For News/Press Release: [email protected]