This story is from August 1, 2014

Congress finalizes list of candidates for bypolls in Karnataka

Even as the ruling Congress is going all-out to win the three assembly bypolls on August 21, supporters of an aspirant who failed to get the ticket from Bellary Rural clashed with the official nominee's camp and vandalised the office on Friday.
Congress finalizes list of candidates for bypolls in Karnataka
BELLARY/BANGALORE: Even as the ruling Congress is going all-out to win the three assembly bypolls on August 21, supporters of an aspirant who failed to get the ticket from Bellary Rural clashed with the official nominee's camp and vandalised the office on Friday.
Traffic was held up for 30 minutes at the Gadagi Chennappa Circle in Bellary when supporters of Asundi Honnurappa, who was defeated in the 2013 assembly elections, didn't get the ticket.
The party is fielding former MLA N Y Gopalakrishna, brother of former MP N Y Hanumanthappa, who lost to the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
The protesters staged a dharna at the Congress office, broke open the locked office, tore publicity material and set fire to tyres outside. Asundi was among 20 aspirants seeking the ticket in this constituency.
Bellary City Congress unit president J S Anjaneyalu told TOI around 50 persons barged into the office and destroyed the furniture.
Meanwhile, Congress also chose Shanthaveerappagouda (Shikaripur) and Ganesh P Hukkeri (Chikkodi-Sadalga).
The bypolls were necessitated after B Sriramulu (Bellary Rural), BS Yeddyurappa (Shikaripur) and Prakash Hukkeri (Chikkodi-Sadalga) were elected to the Parliament in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP also announced its candidates -- M Oblesh, long-time personal assistant of Sriramulu will contest from Bellary Rural; BY Raghavendra, son of former Yeddyurappa from Shikaripur, and MLC Mahantesh Kavatagimath from Chikkodi-Sadalga.
JD(S) will not contest this bypolls. Saturday is the last date for filing nominations and counting of votes will be on August 25.
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