Bangalore, Apr 10 : Ruling BJP in Karnataka Tuesday released the second list of 35 candidates for the May 5 assembly elections, refraining from taking a call on fielding tainted MLAs.
The list was finalised by the BJP Central Election Committee which met in New Delhi under the Presidentship of Rajnath Singh, party General Secretary H N Ananth Kumar said in a statement here.
The CEC meeting was attended by BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj and all members of the panel, he said.
As in the first list of 140 candidates released on April 5, suspense continues over the fate of former ministers Katta Subramanya Naidu and Krishnaiah Setty as also Y Sampangi who are facing corruption charges and had gone to jail.
Minister V Somanna, who had initially showed signs of dithering on continuing in BJP, has been renominated to contest from Bangalore, days after he made it clear he would not join Karnataka Jantha Paksha led by former party strongman B S Yeddyurappa.
S H Manjunath will take on Yeddyurappa in his bastion in Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district.
BJP's principal rival Congress has released the first list containing the names of 177 candidates, which has caused heartburn particularly among leaders seeking tickets for their kin.
Following is the second list of candidates:
1) Piriyapatna - Sannamoge Gowda
2) Hunsur - Annaiah Naik
3) Nagamangala -Dr. Parthasarathi
4) Shravanabelagola - Patel Manjunath
5) Arsikere - Gangadhar
6) Holenarasipur - Hemanth Kumar Gowda
7) Arkalgud - M.K. Nataraj
8) Puttur - Sanjeeva Matandoor
9) Kundapura - Kishor Kumar
10) Bhadravati- S.B. Shivajirao Scindhia
11) Shikaripura- S.H. Manjunath
12) Sorab -Chikkavali Nagarajagouda
13) Sagar - Ms. Sharavathi V. Rao
14) Kumta - Suraj Naik
15) Byadgi -Virupakshappa Bellary
16) Shirahatti (SC)- Ramanna Lamani
17) Muddebihal - Malakendra Patil
18) Babaleshwar - M.S. Rudrgoudru
19) Humnabad - Padmakar Patil
20) Bidar - Ramesh Kumar Pande
21) Gulbarga South -Dattatreya Chandrashekhar Patil Revoor
22) Yadgir - Chandrashekhara Muganooru
23) Shahapur - Virannagouda Mallabadi
24) Lingsugur (SC)- Tippanna R. Naik
25) Harihar - S.M. Veeresh
26) Channagiri - H.S. Shivakumar
27) Honnali - H.P. Rajkumar
28) Chikkaballapur - A.V. Byre Gowda
29) Sidlaghatta - J.V. Sadashiva
30) Mulbagal (SC)- Y. Srinivasan Patapat
31) Kolar - M.S. Anand
32) Gandhinagar - P.C. Mohan
33) Govindraj Nagar - H. Ravindra
34) Vijay Nagar - V. Somanna
