Bengaluru, 28 March

The Congress on Friday announced three more candidates, including Sandur MLA E Thukaram for the Ballari Lok Sabha constituency. The party has named Sunil Bose, Social Welfare Minister HC Mahadevappa's son, as its Chamarajanagar LS candidate.

"Bose has been in politics for the past 20 years and hence is eligible to get a Congress ticket," a close confidant of Mahadevappa told PTI.

The party announced that it would be fielding All India Youth Congress General Secretary Raksha Ramaiah as its Chikkaballapura candidate, a Congress office-bearer said.

The party, however, has remained indecisive about Kolar, which has become a vexatious issue. Amid strong speculation that the party is keen on fielding Food and Civil Supplies Minister KH Muniyappa's son-in-law Chikka Peddanna, five legislators, including two ministers, threatened to quit. Alarmed by the rebellion over this issue, Congress has not yet named the candidate yet.