According to sources, the party issued B form to former Minister S S Mallikarjun on Tuesday for the Davanagere North seat after issuing the B form first to Syed Saifulla. The pressure tactics by the former Minister and also his supporters is said to have worked in his favour.

 Bowing to pressure the party has also decided to replace B Thippeswamy with H Anjaneya in Holalkere  reserved seat in Chitradurga district. 

The party has also yielded to pressure from Raichur MP Venkatesh Naik, who had threatened to resign following denial of ticket to his son for the Deodurga constituency. But instead of giving ticket to Venkatesh Naik’s son Bhagawantraya Naik, the party has selected Venkatesh Naik himself as the candidate. While the party has chosen former legislator Vadnal Rajanna for the Channagiri seat, for the Puttur seat it has selected Jayanath Shetty.