Cong expels rebel candidates

 The State Congress unit on Wednesday expelled some of its leaders, including former corporators, from the primary membership of the party for six years for contesting the BBMP elections as rebel candidates.

The expelled leaders and their wards are: Amalnath (Okalipuram); B N Kumar (Nandini Layout); Munisanjeevaiah (Jayanagar East); Asha Karthik (Vidyapeeta); Elumalai (Sagayapuram); Padmaprakash (Vrushabhavathi Nagar); Jayalakshmi (Mahalakshmipuram); Sagar Satish (Marappanapalya); Mamata Saravana (Halasuru); Kamala Anjan, Deepa Chandrashekar, Ayaz Begaum (Rayapuram).