Bengaluru: The Congress Party yesterday released the list of its 40 star campaigners from Karnataka that also included two-time Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussein whose supporters have been accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Vidhana Soudha.

AICC President M. Mallikarjun Kharge leads the list that has former Congress Presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar.

A host of Cabinet Ministers, including Eshwar Khandre, whose son Sagar Khandre is contesting from Bidar; Satish Jharkiholi, whose daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi is contesting from Chikkodi; and Madhu Bangarappa, whose sister Geetha Shivarajkumar is contesting from Shivamogga, on Congress ticket, have been named in the list. Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal, General Secretaries Randeep Singh Surjewala and Jairam Ramesh are among the star campaigners.