Cong fields Geetha Shivarajkumar from Shimoga, renominates D K Suresh from Bangalore Rural

PTI, Mar 8, 2024, 8:03 PM IST

D K Suresh (Bangalore Rural) and Kannada actor Shivarajkumar’s wife Geetha Shivarajkumar (Shimoga) figure in the first list of seven candidates in Karnataka announced on Friday by the Congress for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

A three-time MP, Suresh is the brother of Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar and is the sitting member from Bangalore Rural. He was the only Congress candidate to win in the 2019 general elections in the State.

The other five candidates are: H R Algur (Bijapur), Anandswamy Gaddadevarmath (Haveri), S P Muddahanumegowda (Tumkur), Venkataramane Gowda (Mandya) and Shreyas M Patel (Hassan).