<p>With the announcement of the election to the Assembly, several corporators from the City are said to be vying for tickets to enter the fray. According to sources, a total of 13 corporators from BJP, Congress and JD(S) are lobbying hard to get tickets to their luck at the hustings.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Congress corporators, bolstered by the party’s success in the civic body polls are in the forefront demanding tickets. The corporators from the party - Mallesh (Subhash Nagar ward), Sampath Raj (DJ Halli), Abdul Rakib Zakir (Pulakeshi Nagar), M Udayashankar (Siddapura), former mayor K Chandrashekar (Hanumanth Nagar) and Byrathi Basavaraju (Hoodi) - are all ticket aspirants. “In our party we never lobby but we just pray for ticket, which I too have done,” said Chandrashekhar.<br /><br />The BJP is not spared of the rush. In the vanguard of the race is Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy. A corporator from Kathriguppe ward, Murthy aspires to contest the election from Govindarajnagar constituency which has substantial Kuruba population, a strong reason for him to claim a ticket.<br /><br />“We have asked our party leadership to give at least two tickets from the City to our community. We hope that our demands would be met,” said Murthy.<br /><br />Chamarajpet corporator B V Ganesh too dreams to contest Assembly elections from Chamarajpet constituency. He says he has strengthened the party in the JD(S) bastion. Former mayor and Sarakki corporator S K Nataraj is also among the ticket aspirants.<br />The Kacharakanahalli corporator Padmanabh Reddy from Janata Dal (Secular) has wished to contest elections from Sarvagna Nagar, said the party sources.<br /></p>
<p>With the announcement of the election to the Assembly, several corporators from the City are said to be vying for tickets to enter the fray. According to sources, a total of 13 corporators from BJP, Congress and JD(S) are lobbying hard to get tickets to their luck at the hustings.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Congress corporators, bolstered by the party’s success in the civic body polls are in the forefront demanding tickets. The corporators from the party - Mallesh (Subhash Nagar ward), Sampath Raj (DJ Halli), Abdul Rakib Zakir (Pulakeshi Nagar), M Udayashankar (Siddapura), former mayor K Chandrashekar (Hanumanth Nagar) and Byrathi Basavaraju (Hoodi) - are all ticket aspirants. “In our party we never lobby but we just pray for ticket, which I too have done,” said Chandrashekhar.<br /><br />The BJP is not spared of the rush. In the vanguard of the race is Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy. A corporator from Kathriguppe ward, Murthy aspires to contest the election from Govindarajnagar constituency which has substantial Kuruba population, a strong reason for him to claim a ticket.<br /><br />“We have asked our party leadership to give at least two tickets from the City to our community. We hope that our demands would be met,” said Murthy.<br /><br />Chamarajpet corporator B V Ganesh too dreams to contest Assembly elections from Chamarajpet constituency. He says he has strengthened the party in the JD(S) bastion. Former mayor and Sarakki corporator S K Nataraj is also among the ticket aspirants.<br />The Kacharakanahalli corporator Padmanabh Reddy from Janata Dal (Secular) has wished to contest elections from Sarvagna Nagar, said the party sources.<br /></p>
