Bhavani Revanna denied Hassan ticket; JDS' second list of contestants out

Bhavani Revanna, wife of former minister HD Revanna, has been denied a ticket to contest from the Hassan Assembly constituency in the upcoming Karnataka polls.

The Hassan seat had become a major bone of contention as Bhavani Revanna, who had thrown her hat in the ring, refused to relent till the last minute, despite her brother-in-law and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy repeatedly making it clear that she would not be fielded, and instead a "loyal party worker" would be made to contest.

Ending the suspense about the Hassan seat, the party has fielded H P Swaroop, overlooking JD(S) patriarch and former PM H D Deve Gowda's daughter-in-law Bhavani Revanna, who had been firm on contesting from there.

The party has given a ticket to HP Swaroop to contest from Hassan, the JDS second list of contestants released on Friday revealed.

Announcing Swaroop's name as Hassan candidate, Kumaraswamy flanked by his brother Revanna said, "The name has been finalised with the consent of Revanna and Bhavani, and the blessings of H D Deve Gowda."

Check out the second list of 49 JDS contestants:

Kuduchi-Anand Malagi

Rayabhaga-Pradeep Malgi

Savadatti-Saurab Chopra

Athani-Sashikanth Padasalagi Gurugalu

Jewargi -Doddanagouda Patil

Hubli-Dharwad (East)-Veerabhadrappa Halaravi

Kumata-Suraj Soni Naik

Haliyala- SL Ghotnekar

Bhatkala-Nagendra Naik

Shirasi-Upendra Pai

Yallapur- Dr. Nagesh Naik

Chittapur-Subhash Chandra Rathore

Kalaburagi North-Nasir Hussain Ustad

Bellary-Allabakhsh

Hagaribommanahalli-Parameswarappa

Harpanahalli-Noor Ahmed

Siraguppa-Parameshwar Nayak

Compli-Raju Naik

Kollegala-Puttaswamy

Gundlupet-Kadabur Manjunath

Kapu-Sabina Samad

Karkala-Sreekanth Kochur

Udupi-Dakshat Shetty

Byndur-Mansoor Ibrahim

Kundapur-Ramesh

Mangalore South-Sumathi Hegade

Kanakapura-Nagraj

Yalahanka-Munegowda M

Sarvajna Nagar - Mohammad Mustaf

Yeshavantpura-Javarai Gowda

Tipaturu-Santakumar

Shira-Ugresh

Hanagal-Manohar Tehsildar

Sindhagi-Vishalakshi

Gangavati-Chennakesava

Shahapura-Gurulingappa Patil

Karwar - Chaitra Kotkar

Puttur-Divyaprabha

Kadur-YSV Dutta

Holenaraseepur-Revanna

Belur-Lingesh

Arakalagudu-manju a

Sakaleshpur- HK Kumaraswamy

Y S V Datta, who had quit JD(S) and joined Congress but returned to the party recently after being denied a ticket there, has been fielded from Kadur.

Former Minister A Manju, who recently joined the party, has been fielded from Arakalagudu. He has earlier been with both Congress and BJP.

JD(S) had announced its first list of 93 candidates way back in December.